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It gave me a great notion of the credit of our present government and administration, to find people press as eagerly to… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
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All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
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Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Neurotics, who cause less distress to themselves and their neighbours than those in the other category, are at war with their own… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
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The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of… — Swami Abhedananda Copy Share Image
The One created us all to be free. To learn. To find common cause with others and to grow stronger and wiser.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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