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Failure in any good cause is, however, honourable, whilst success in any bad cause is merely infamous.
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Such biographies increase a man's self-reliance by demonstrating what men can be, and what they can do; fortifying his hopes and elevating his aims in life.
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There is a dignity in the very effort to save with a worthy purpose, even though the attempt should not be crowned with eventual success.