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No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.

John Locke

Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
JOHN LOCKE

Diamond Math Proof
It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.
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Argument Command Penalties
You shall find, that there cannot be a greater spur to the attaining what you would have the eldest learn, and know himself, than to set him upon teaching it his younger brothers and sisters.
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Brother Spurs Teaching
That which parents should take care of… is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
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Care Fancy Parent
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
JOHN LOCKE

Education Philosophical Wisdom
We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.
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Exercise Giving Skills
[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.
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Individual Taken Unlawful
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
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Ends Freedom Law
Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.
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Eye Grateful Light
If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from sensation or reflection, it will lead us farther than at first, perhaps, we should have imagined.
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Ideas Reflection Simple
He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
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Order Respect Son
Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
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Children Employed Hate Use
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Desire Effort Labor
Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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Ideas Management Movement Time
In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.
JOHN LOCKE

Example Imitation

No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.

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