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Failure in any good cause is, however, honourable, whilst success in any bad cause is merely infamous.
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In the pursuit of even the highest branches of human inquiry, the commoner qualities are found the most useful
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Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.
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Patience lies at the root of all pleasures, as well as of all powers.
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Such biographies increase a man's self-reliance by demonstrating what men can be, and what they can do; fortifying his hopes and elevating his aims in life.
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With perseverance, the very odds and ends of time may be worked up into results of the greatest value.
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hope, which is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for whoso hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.
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There is a dignity in the very effort to save with a worthy purpose, even though the attempt should not be crowned with eventual success.