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“Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.”

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While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes…

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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

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...This large and expensive stock of drugs will be unnecessary. By...doses of...medicines...multiplying...combining them properly, 20 to 30 articles, aided by the common resources of…

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Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

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[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in…

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I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

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The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar…

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Let us show the world that a difference of opinion upon medical subjects is not incompatible with medical friendships; and in so doing, let…

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The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy…

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The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without…

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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains…

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Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

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I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace.

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If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community…

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Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of…

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Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

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None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as…

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