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| The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds |
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| The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason |
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| The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstruction in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought, so far, to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind |
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| There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves |
| Education; Learning; Miracles |
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| Upon the whole, then it seems undeniable, that nothing can bestow more merit on any human creature than the sentiment of benevolence in an eminent degree; and that a part at least of its merit arises from its tendency to promote the interests of our |
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| What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought' |
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| When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities |
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| Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions. |
| Ambition; Appearance |
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