A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes, by his distastes, by the stories he tells, by his gait, by the notion of his eye . . .
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Only that mind draws me which I cannot read.Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do what we can, and then make up a theory to prove our performance the best.
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Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From Evils which never arrived.
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Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power.
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The first and last lesson of religion is The things that are seen are temporal things that are unseen are eternal.
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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
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