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The task was likely to be long and strenuous, and an ordered mind and a clear programme were essential if we were to come through without loss of life.
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A grave responsibility confronts this Court whenever in course of litigation it must reconcile the conflicting claims of liberty and authority.
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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
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It is neither to do everything yourself nor to appoint a number of people to each duty, but to ensure that each does that duty to which he is appointed.
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The student’s goal is Poise! Poise is Power.
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Sara hugged her close and tried to laugh. There was a sort of comfort in the warmth of the plump, childish body.
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Everything was strange and silent and she seemed to be hundreds of miles away from anyone, but somehow she did not feel lonely at all.
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As he sat gazing into the clear running of the water, Archibald Craven gradually felt his mind and body both grow quiet, as quiet as the valley itself.
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Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase--power to stop evil; power to do good.
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You have summoned me in my weakness; you must sustain me by your strength.
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The responsibility of success or failure lay heavily upon me.
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A gloomy sensation of agonising, everlasting solitude and remoteness, took conscious form in his soul.
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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart
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I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.
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I have learned already in this office that the difficult decisions always come to this desk.
Gerald Fordverified·Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon·September 8, 1974
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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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Fully impressed with the gravity of the duties that confront me and mindful of my weakness, I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which await me.
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In this time of doubt, they look to the United States as never before for good will, strength, and wise leadership.
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It is my service to think how I can best fulfil the demands that each day makes upon me, and to rejoice that others can do what I cannot.
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I remember an hour when I was discouraged and ready to falter. For days I had been pegging away at a task which refused to get itself accomplished.
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There, too, after a fit of temper, I went to find comfort and to hide my hot face in the cool leaves and grass.
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What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my fingers in a cataract of rippling notes, or to clamber over a stone wall into green fields that tumble and roll and climb in riotous gladness!
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Our life is frittered away by detail
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I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh.
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As there are silent depths in the ocean which the fiercest storm cannot reach, so there are silent, holy depths in the heart of man which the storms of sin and sorrow can never disturb.