Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
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What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?
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Let us dream that once upon a time have lived men stronger and greater, who were more determined for good or for evil that does us good.
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Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
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Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?
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