There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Sir, what is poetry Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is but it is not easy to tell what it is.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbours about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin.
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Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.
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