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The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, o...more

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For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?

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Line in nature is not found;Unit and universe are round;In vain produced, all rays return;Evil will bless, and ice will burn.

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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calami...more

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Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.