Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.
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It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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