The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.
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Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
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