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Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she sends blizzards. So we raise the devil just for pleasure–wars, politics, race-hatreds, labor-disputes.
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Beaten Bizzard Dispute Grow Hatreds Her Labor Make Most Nature Pleasure Politics Race Send Trouble Unnecessary War Warm Wheat
It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.
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Don’t be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.
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Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country.
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Better Country Intellectual Know Other
Since dictating the Bible, and hiring a perfect race of ministers to explain it,
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Bible Dicate Explain Hire Minister Perfect Race Since
You,” Said Dr. Yavitch, “are a middle-road liberal, and you haven’t the slightest idea what you want.
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Country Doctor Idda Liberal Middle People Person Road Said Sighest Want
Except for half a dozen in each town the citizens are proud of that achievement of ignorance which is so easy to come by.
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Achievement Citizen Come Dozen Each Easy Except Half Ignorance Proud Town
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
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Bad Courage Form From Pugnacity Very
But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and silencing them forever.
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Emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
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We’d get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.
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All Cookies Ever May Sick Sicker Too
On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had.
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The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.”
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Basketball Bbbit Call Clan Custom Game Gave Homicidal Instinct Outlet Patriotism Side
A man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man.
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Another Drink Man Take
That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.
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Excited General Great Men Nation Noblest Most Number Protest Really
Most of us who work — or want to work — will always have trouble or discontent. So we must learn to be calm, and train all our faculties, and make others happy.
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