The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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