“The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.”
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It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
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In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
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Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.
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The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.
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The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.
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