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Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care.

Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man.

All the toys that infatuate men, and which they play for

To accomplish anything excellent, the will must work for catholic and universal ends.

Work rather for those interests which the divinities honor and promote,--justice, love, freedom, knowledge, utility.