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The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.
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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Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.
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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 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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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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What we love to do we find time to do.
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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.
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The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect.
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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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Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.
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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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We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads.
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We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.
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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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Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.
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