When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore. Far, far beneath, the noise of tempests dieth And silver waves chime ever peacefully, And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flyeth Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.
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Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education --if it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, if the tortoise were allowed time to creep, and the bird permitted to fly, and the fish to swim, towards the enchanted and divine sources of Helicon --all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers, its beauty, and its coolness.
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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, until it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education—if it were admitted that the great object is to read and enj...
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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A woman's health is her capital.
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An American will tinker with anything he can put his hands on. But how rarely can he be persuaded to tinker with an abstract idea.
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Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.
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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
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