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The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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Lebanon
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.
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What we love to do we find time to do.
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If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.
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If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
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The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope.
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The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
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The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.
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Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative.
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Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.
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Culture makes the whole world our dwelling place our palace in which we take our ease and find ourselves at one with all things.
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If science were nothing more than the best means of teaching the love of the simple fact, the indispensable need of verification, of careful and accurate observation and statement, its value would be of the highest order.
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The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.
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Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true.
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It is difficult to be sure of our friends, but it is possible to be certain of our loyalty to them.
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Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
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Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.
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Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.
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Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.
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Insight makes argument ridiculous.
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He who leaves school, knowing little, but with a longing for knowledge, will go farther than one who quits, knowing many things, but not caring to learn more.
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