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... nature as certain as gravity . And it is as true of books as it is of men . Who can tell the power of a good or bad one ? A noble life enriches both him who lives it , and those who come after him , who are made the better because of ...
... nature as certain as gravity . And it is as true of books as it is of men . Who can tell the power of a good or bad one ? A noble life enriches both him who lives it , and those who come after him , who are made the better because of ...
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... nature , but we do not inherit character , unless it be the bias toward one for good or evil . You have talents , ability , power , peculiar to yourself . Shall they bring forth a harvest of noble deeds , and so bring that highest of ...
... nature , but we do not inherit character , unless it be the bias toward one for good or evil . You have talents , ability , power , peculiar to yourself . Shall they bring forth a harvest of noble deeds , and so bring that highest of ...
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... nature , at the expense of his better and nobler faculties . And in such case his wealth is woe- fully expensive to him . What a curse money becomes to its owner , when it causes him to sacrifice all honor , all gratitude , all ...
... nature , at the expense of his better and nobler faculties . And in such case his wealth is woe- fully expensive to him . What a curse money becomes to its owner , when it causes him to sacrifice all honor , all gratitude , all ...
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... nature the brains of a few men have produced ! We have in this country sixty - five millions of people . Yet in the United States , machinery , the product of brains , is doing an amount of work , day by day , that would require the ...
... nature the brains of a few men have produced ! We have in this country sixty - five millions of people . Yet in the United States , machinery , the product of brains , is doing an amount of work , day by day , that would require the ...
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... Nature abhors an equilibrium and gives her chief honors to those who seek the heights . Success is not a matter of luck . Nature's laws cannot be neglected , nor defied with impunity . The laws which govern the production of wealth , or ...
... Nature abhors an equilibrium and gives her chief honors to those who seek the heights . Success is not a matter of luck . Nature's laws cannot be neglected , nor defied with impunity . The laws which govern the production of wealth , or ...
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