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Ludwig von Beethoven had never mastered the elements of arithmetic beyond addition and subtraction....
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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God gives us our relatives–thank God he lets us choose our friends.
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Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private...
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The historian must have some conceptions of how men who are not historians behave.
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In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others...
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Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his...
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He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
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The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter...