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It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.

Sinclair Lewis

Illuminating and making glad again the dark clouds of life. It is the morning and the evening star, that in glad refulgence, there on the awed horizon, call Nature’s hearts to an uplifted rejoicing in God’s marvelous firmament!
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Cloud Evening Firmannent Glad God Illuminate Make Marvelous Morning Refulgence Uplift
He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.
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Cathedral Little One Seem Something Spent Time
A man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man.
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Another Drink Man Take
I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever.
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Beebm Accomplish Convenience Critical Everything Free Important Preservation Social Spirit System While World Worth
I was brought up to believe that the Christian God wasn’t a scared and compromising public servant, but the creator of the whole merciless truth, and I reckon that training spoiled me – I actually took my teachers seriously!
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Believe Brought Christianity Compromise Creator God Merciless Public Scare Servant Truth Whole
So that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne’er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!
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Do Industrious Iron Lazy Man Mayne Middle Pay Soul War Weel
We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just wiser than you.’ For ten thousand years they’ve said that. We want our Utopia now — and we’re going to try our hands at it.
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Already Go Hand Made Plan Thousand Utpoi Want Wiser Year
A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as the chief mediocrity of the world, is no longer merely provincial, no longer downy and restful in its leaf-shadowed ignorance. It is a force seeking to conquer the earth.
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Altogether Aspire Chief Country Ignorance Paint Pure Standardize Succeed Take Victorian Village
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
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Become Compulsion Every Obedient Polite Safe Upon Writer
So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting.
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Much Nothing Revolution Wait
Good Lord, I don’t know what ‘rights’ a man has! And I don’t know the solution of boredom. If I did, I’d be the one philosopher that had the cure for living. But I do know that about ten times as many people find their lives dull, and unnecessarily dull.
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Boredom Dull Good Know Live Lord Many People Philosopher Right Solution Unnecessarily
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
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Advertise Cheapest Economic Factor Good Particular Sell Valuable Worthless
God has never done much but creep around and try to catch us disobeying it.
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Around Catch Creep Disobey Done God Much never Try
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
You’re so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.
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Earn Essential Immortal Morality Must Think Underneath
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
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Become Compulsion Every Obedient Polite Safe Sterile Upon Writer

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