An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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