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An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.

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The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.

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The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings

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We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.

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The eighth commandment reads, "Thou shalt not steal." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the rich man." It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the poor man." It reads simply and plainly, "Thou shalt not steal."

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I can no more explain why I like "natural history" than why I like California canned peaches; nor why I do not care for that enormous brand of natural history which deals with invertebrates any more than why I do not care for brandied peaches. All I can say is that almost as soon as I began to read at all I began to like to read about the natural history of beasts and birds and the more formidable or interesting reptiles and fishes.

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Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

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No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

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No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

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Not trying is the surest way of achieving nothing at all.

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Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping.

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Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change.

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[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy; and really good books on these subjects are as enthralling as any fiction ever written in prose or verse.

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Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression of wage workers to unfair methods of crushing out competition.

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The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

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With self-discipline, all things are possible

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Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.

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The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees.

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When great nations fear to expand, shrink from expansion, it is because their greatness is coming to an end. Are we, still in the prime of our lusty youth, still at the beginning of our glorious manhood, to sit down among the outworn people, to take our place with the weak and the craven? A thousand times no!

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