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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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Imagination Library Ourselves Race Sacred Thinking Wall
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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Determination Influence Oneself Relationship
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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Assurance Faith Power Strength Strong
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Circumstance Determination Influence Relationship
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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Better Development Law Progress Society
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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Affection Kiss Passion Sweet Taste
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Act Carriage Character Dignity Proud
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Enthusiasm Greatness Inspirational
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking

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