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A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.


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Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.



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May your life preach more loudly than your lips.



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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.



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Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.



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All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.



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