Only the very ignorant are perfectly satisfied that they know. To the common man the great problems are easy. He has no trouble in accounting for the universe. He can tell you the origin and destiny of man and the why and wherefore of things.
Only the very ignorant are ...
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Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country, and the maligners of his honor.
The myth of hell represents all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.
The greatest superstition now entertained by public men is that hypocrisy is the royal road to success.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
He loves his country best who strives to make it best.
