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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

George Washington

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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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