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It is the man that makes the motive, and not the motive the man.
James McCosh
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James McCosh
Age: 83 †
Born: 1811
Born: April 1
Died: 1894
Died: November 16
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Motive
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Men
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As ages roll on there is doubtless a progression in human nature. The intellectual comes to rule the physical, and the moral claims to subordinate both. It is no longer strength of body that prevails, but strength of mind while the law of God proclaims itself superior to both.
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