Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain, create joy, and increase pity Gorgias
“The child’s heart forgets but does not forgive.” My Sweet Orange Tree
The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and may still be considered as the commonplace of everyday thinking. … An innate blindness seems to have closed the eyes of this epoch to all but those facts which show life as a phenomenon of utility History as a System
He has fought a good fight and has had to face every difficulty except popularity. Men and Memories
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