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There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. The preacher who can touch and affect such an heterogeneous mass of hearers, on subjects limited, and long worn thread-bare in all common hands; who can say any thing new or striking, any thing that rouses the attention, without offending the taste, or wearing out the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom one could not (in his public capacity) honour enough.

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And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the men of America gave that greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.

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A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

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A fellow by the hand of nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd, to do a deed of shame.

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Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

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Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained earnings, not because it did well with the capital in its hands.

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I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets.

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The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, that hand! The window! The window!

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State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and sacred. If a government uses the instruments of power in its hands for the purpose of leading a people to ruin, then rebellion is not only the right but also the duty of every individual citizen.

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Man is the metre of all things, the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms.

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A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.

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Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen.

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Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below.

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I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.

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Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.

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When I don't understand something, I reach up and hold God's hand. And we walk together in silence.

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The harder we try to catch hold of the moment, to seize a pleasant sensation..., the more elusive it becomes... It is like trying to clutch water in one's hands - the harder one grips, the faster it slips through one's fingers.

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