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In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.
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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As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.
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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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As our power over others increases, we become less free for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
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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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A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.
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Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.
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When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.
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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 study of law is valuable as a mental discipline, but the practice of pleading tends to make one petty, formal, and insincere. To be driven to look to legality rather than to equity blurs the view of truth and justice.
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If a state should pass laws forbidding its citizens to become wise and holy, it would be made a byword for all time. But this, in effect, is what our commercial, social, and political systems do. They compel the sacrifice of mental and moral power to money and dissipation.
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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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They who see through the eyes of others are controlled by the will of others.
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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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The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.
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Few know the joys that spring from a disinterested curiosity. It is like a cheerful spirit that leads us through worlds filled with what is true and fair, which we admire and love because it is true and fair.
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We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.
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To think of education as a means of preserving institutions however excellent, is to have a superficial notion of its end and purpose, which is to mould and fashion men who are more than institutions, who create, outgrow, and re-create them.
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