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Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.
James Anthony Froude
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James Anthony Froude
Age: 75 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 23
Died: 1894
Died: January 1
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Nature is not a partisan, but out of her ample treasue house she produces children in infinite variety, of which she is equally the mother, and disowns none of them.
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The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.
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I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion of it, exactly fulfils the purpose for which Almighty God designed it.
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I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty.
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Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.
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