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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.
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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Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.
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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 teacher does best, not when he explains, but when he impels his pupils to seek themselves the explanation.
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Culture makes the whole world our dwelling place our palace in which we take our ease and find ourselves at one with all things.
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