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This, then, is the end of his striving: to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture, to escape both death and isolation, to husband and use his best powers and his latent genius.
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It is the pang of parting, the unloosing our grasp, the breaking asunder some strong tie, the leaving some cherished purpose unfulfilled, that creates the repugnance to go
128
The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
129
These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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If you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it.
131
With such aids and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interests of the country the manifold duties devolved upon me.
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Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.
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Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends--those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work, who do care for the result.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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The soul should take care of the body, just as a pilgrim on his way to Mecca takes care of his camel.
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At first sight there is something surprising in this strange unrest of so many happy men, restless in the midst of abundance.
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The soul has wants which must be satisfied; and whatever pains be taken to divert it from itself, it soon grows weary, restless, and disquieted amidst the enjoyments of sense.
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Teach them that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.
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Education, then, is the safest and richest investment possible to man.
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Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion.
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His capacity for work was prodigious, and when his own work happened to take less than his full time he characteristically found activity in serving a scientist or exercising an animal.
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A man's powers ought not to be monopolised by his ordinary day's work.
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if your ordinary day's work is thus exhausting, then the balance of your life is wrong and must be adjusted
144
When we have been engaged in the preliminaries to living for about fifty-five years, we begin to think about slacking off.
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No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to himself, to go his own ways; everyone needs to be guided by a preconceived plan, and to follow certain general rules.
146
To have no regular work, no set sphere of activity--what a miserable thing it is!
147
The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.
148
This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
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Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
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Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.