Multitudes of people, drifting aimlessly to and fro without a set purpose, deny themselves such fulfillment of their capacities, and the satisfying happiness which attends it. They are not wicked, they are only shallow. They are not mean or vicious; they simply are empty -- shake them and they would rattle like gourds. They lack range, depth, and conviction. Without purpose their lives ultimately wander into the morass of dissatisfaction. As we harness our abilities to a steady purpose and undertake the long pull toward its accomplishment, rich compensations reward us. A sense of purpose simplifies life and therefore concentrates our abilities; and concentration adds power.
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A nation grown free in a single day is a child born with the limbs and the vigor of a man, who would take a drawn sword for his rattle, and set the house in a blaze that he might chuckle over the splendor.
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The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
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Two bloodless wolves whose dry throats rattle, Two crows perched on the murrained cattle, Two vipers tangled into one.
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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
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There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull How do you hang on to someone who won't stay And how do you get rid of someone who won't go
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Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
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I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.
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Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
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