The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every Americ...
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For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry - shall become much more general ...
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.
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My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
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A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already ...
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What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject ...
