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Baffled, discountenanced, subdued, discredited, as the cause of justice and humanity is, it will be only the dearer to me.
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102
The Revolution was made to preserve our ancient indisputable laws and liberties, and that ancient constitution of government which is our only security for law and liberty.
103
The style shall be simple and familiar; but style is the image of character; and the habits of correct writing may produce, without labour or design, the appearance of art and study.
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A man's life does not develop rightly without it, and what is called an 'improvident marriage' often appears to me a noble, righteous, and prudent act.
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But with common sense, self-reliance, and attention to the work in hand, any woman can pursue the medical calling without risk.
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It has always seemed to me, during many years of active private practice, that the first and constant aim of the family physician should be to diffuse the sanitary knowledge which would enable parents to bring up healthy children.
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To me there was no question so important as the emancipation of women from the dogmas of the past, political, religious, and social.
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After all is said, if the young people have an earnest purpose in life it is easy to plan a method of living and to carry it out.
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There is no menial work in the daily living rightly carried out; that which the last century wrongly permitted is made needless by the machinery of to-day.
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The most violent element in society is ignorance.
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The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather, Understand one another.
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Peace or harmony between the sexes and individuals does not necessarily depend on a superficial equalization of human beings; nor does it call for the elimination of individual traits and peculiarities.
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Lastly, and possibly most important, forests make this earth comfortable and beautiful. Next to the soil, they are the most useful and helpful of Nature's agencies.
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Bring now, O Zeus, any difficulty that thou pleasest, for I have means given to me by thee and powers for honoring myself through the things which happen.
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No man can rob us of our Will--no man can lord it over that!
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The task was likely to be long and strenuous, and an ordered mind and a clear programme were essential if we were to come through without loss of life.
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Human effort is not futile, but man fights against the giant forces of Nature in a spirit of humility.
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To admit failure at this stage was hard, but the facts had to be faced.
119
That was all of tangible things; but in memories we were rich. We had pierced the veneer of outside things.
120
A grave responsibility confronts this Court whenever in course of litigation it must reconcile the conflicting claims of liberty and authority.
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It is better for those who have almost unlimited power of government in their hands to err on the side of freedom.
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Let your doubt be to yourself, your decision to them.
123
It is neither to do everything yourself nor to appoint a number of people to each duty, but to ensure that each does that duty to which he is appointed.
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Let us try this--every woman to work as though success depended on herself.
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Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.