All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly.
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
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The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal.
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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
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