"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."

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"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."

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"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

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"It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something."

"And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults."

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