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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."
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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
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"The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union."
People

"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army."
Education

"In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction."
Government

"I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor."
History

"I will not refuse to do something that I can do."
Will

"Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive."
Nation

"God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence."
Man

"That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter."
Absence

"It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner."
Achievement

"In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion."
Society
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