He is great who confers the most benefits.
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A good intention but fixed and resolute bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment and even obstacles and opposition will but make us 'like the fabled specter-ships,' which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.
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Who can ... guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes.
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Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion.
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Give me an amulet
That keeps intelligence with you,
Red when you love, and rosier red,
And when you love not, pale and blue.
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Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence. The literature of every nation bear me witness. The English dramatic poets have Shakspearized now for two hundred years.
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