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“... I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son towards a mother ...”
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“One might say that the American trend of education is to reduce the senses almost to nil.”
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“It isn't given to us to see ends. We can only attend to the beginnings and make them right.”
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“... perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.”
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“All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.”
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“... when we work at our God-given task, it is not a burdensome toil but the greatest of joys, for our inner Lord is pleased when we are about our father's business. Love ever makes life a joy, not a burden. When we apply ourselves to the job God has selected us to do we are working with Him and we inwardly know that we cannot fail.”
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“... planes were smaller, more responsive to air waves then — you were aware how thin the metal skin was between you and the winds that roved the skies.”
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“I say this idea of chokin' folks to death to reform 'em, is where we show the savage in us, which we have brought down from our barbarious ancestors. We have left off the war paint and war whoops, and we shall leave off the hangin' when we get civilized.”