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"Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood."
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"Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature."
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"The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion."
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"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
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"It is better to be gentle than rude."
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"Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing."
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"The kindest mind is the most beautiful mind!"
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"Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions."
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"Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire."
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"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent."
Army
"Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students."
Business
"Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him."
Love
"Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington."
Man
"Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood."
Character
"Let our children be taught love love love."
Love
"Train our children to love God."
Love
"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."
Man
"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."
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"As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers."
Battle
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