A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.