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The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in…

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One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either…
Abortion... was probably regarded by the average Roman of the later days of Paganism much as Englishmen in the last century regarded…
There are some poisons which, before they kill men, allay pain and diffuse a soothing sensation through the frame. We may recognize…
Contraction of theological influence has at once been the best measure, and the essential condition of intellectual advance.
The period of Catholic ascendancy was on the whole one of the most deplorable in the history of the human mind. .…
In proportion to its power, Protestantism has been as persecuting as Catholicism.
There are times in the lives of most of us, when we would have given all the world to be as we…
Passions weaken, but habits strengthen, with age, and it is the great task of youth to set the current of habit and…
Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.
Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most often wrecked.
I venture to maintain that there are multitudes to whom the necessity of discharging the duties of a butcher would be so…
The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous…

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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam. — Omar Bongo
In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if… — Jimmy Carter
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the North would… — Charles Darwin
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to… — Jose Bergamin
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. — Thomas Jefferson
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
This attempt to ban smoking is an example of social engineering on a vast scale. Such massive intervention in the private lives… — Unknown Author
So much for the crusade against drugs . . . all America is actually doing is consolidating its position as the biggest… — Alexander Cockburn
The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged… — Thomas Sowell
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man… — Josemaria Escriva
The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a… — Aldous Huxley
To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave. — Les Claypool

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