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There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.
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 lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.
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Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority.
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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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In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.
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