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They who see through the eyes of others are controlled by the will of others.
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
Kentucky
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In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.
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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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As our power over others increases, we become less free for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
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Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.
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There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.
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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 innocence which is simply ignorance is not virtue.
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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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Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.
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What we love to do we find time to do.
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To cultivate the memory we should confide to it only what we understand and love: the rest is a useless burden for simply to know by rote is not to know at all.
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Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.
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The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.
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