The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

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In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.

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But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

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Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

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The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

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Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

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