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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all.
— William Wilberforce
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As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.
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Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?
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The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
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Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
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God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.
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