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"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment."
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"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment."

"I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not."

"There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals."
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"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."

"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment."

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"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way."

"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding."

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