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The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions.
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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Catholic Priest
Lebanon
Kentucky
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There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel.
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What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best.
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Solitude is unbearable for those who can not bear themselves.
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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 exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
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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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He who leaves school, knowing little, but with a longing for knowledge, will go farther than one who quits, knowing many things, but not caring to learn more.
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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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