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A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns its arc.
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A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns its arc.
Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care.
The first and last lesson of the useful arts is, that Nature tyrannizes over our works.
A mind might ponder its thought for ages and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day.
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