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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
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New York City
New York
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C. N. Bovee
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Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may save the state, but it destroys the citizen.
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It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous too little, a savage.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.
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