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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When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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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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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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