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.
HERBERT SPENCEROur lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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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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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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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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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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