To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it.
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A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would, if it became general, cure most of the ills from which the world suffers.
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
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