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As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons.
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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It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.
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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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