We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

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I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than...

Question everything.

Question everything.

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what...

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what...

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without...

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in...

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in...

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see...

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see...

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a...

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out....

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out....

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to...

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to...

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering...

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going...

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going...

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know...

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know...

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give...

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give...