If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANFacts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
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As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
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Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments – a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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