Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women, with Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers |
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... never go together . He who is the slave of evil can never be free either to do or reach the highest good . The evil will not let him . Books that stimulate to high thinking produce , like good companionship , a noble life . For goodness ...
... never go together . He who is the slave of evil can never be free either to do or reach the highest good . The evil will not let him . Books that stimulate to high thinking produce , like good companionship , a noble life . For goodness ...
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... never call them " doctrines , " or , at any rate , we never call them " dogmas " till their original personal blood is coagulated , and their remains have become archæological . It is much the same thing to say that all progress is ...
... never call them " doctrines , " or , at any rate , we never call them " dogmas " till their original personal blood is coagulated , and their remains have become archæological . It is much the same thing to say that all progress is ...
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... never be lacking for friends and enjoyment , " or shall they rather be answered from a higher and broader standard , which has its foundation in righteousness and its end and purpose in the well - being of man and his eternal welfare ...
... never be lacking for friends and enjoyment , " or shall they rather be answered from a higher and broader standard , which has its foundation in righteousness and its end and purpose in the well - being of man and his eternal welfare ...
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... never deigned to mention , and whose names and life records have long since passed from the annals of time , their memorials having perished with themselves ? Yet none would say that any of these vast numbers of human beings have lived ...
... never deigned to mention , and whose names and life records have long since passed from the annals of time , their memorials having perished with themselves ? Yet none would say that any of these vast numbers of human beings have lived ...
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... never wise to take . the mere accumulation of wealth as the standard of true success in life . There are very many other things , much more valuable than riches , for which men ought to strive . The getting of great estates , the eager ...
... never wise to take . the mere accumulation of wealth as the standard of true success in life . There are very many other things , much more valuable than riches , for which men ought to strive . The getting of great estates , the eager ...
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