Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.
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We are working on the same assumption as most of the rest of the world that oil is not going to last forever. As the world changes we are going to need to deliver our packages in a fuel-efficient manner.Robert Hall
The wheels of nature are not meant to roll backward everything presses on toward Eternityfrom the birth of Time, an impetuous current has set in which bears all the sons of men toward that interminable ocean.
Robert Hall
His Burke's imperial fancy has laid all Nature under tribute, and has collected riches from every scene of the creation and every walk of art.
Robert Hall
He Kippis might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he laid so many books upon his head that his brains could not move.
Robert Hall
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
Robert Hall
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.
Robert Hall
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