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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.

Herbert Spencer

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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Poetry Pursue Science Surround
Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Character Education Formation Object
What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Cage Law Man Selfish
Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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End Life Love Wealth
We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Discrimination Prejudice
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Health Moral Preservation Responsibility
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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Fact Majority Past Survey Wrong
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Benefit Existence Member Society
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Average Compose Ignorance Jury Man
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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Argument Communism Fatal Nature Ourselves Theory
Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.
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Color Glass Project Pull See
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Funny Marriage Word
In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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Advance Change Ideas Important Science
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Courage
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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Expectation Happiness Object Pursue Source
People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Animal Beginning Goodness People See Success

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