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"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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"We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these."


"The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection."


"If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank."


"In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere."


"Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step."
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