From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

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To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed,...

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much...

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much...

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of...

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but...

The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but...

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it...

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it...

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the...

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...