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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

Henry Ward Beecher

Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Fatal Himself Interest Man Roll
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Blossom Fair Gratitude Soul
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Experience Forever Head Heart Learning Old Practice
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Burn Cancel Forgiveness Myself Way
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Dangerous Ignorance People
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Egg Herself Man Rich
It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Law Time Work
God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

God Night Plant Sleep
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Heaven Man See Tear
Love is the river of life in this world.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Life Love River World
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Artist Nature Paint Photograph Picture Soul
Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Dress Leaving Tree
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Forget Forgiveness Myself Way
Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Hard Master Yourself

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

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