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"The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."
"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."
"In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad."
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"There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable."
"The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess."
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"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."
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