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Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.
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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As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons.
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We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.
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The study of law is valuable as a mental discipline, but the practice of pleading tends to make one petty, formal, and insincere. To be driven to look to legality rather than to equity blurs the view of truth and justice.
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If science were nothing more than the best means of teaching the love of the simple fact, the indispensable need of verification, of careful and accurate observation and statement, its value would be of the highest order.
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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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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 exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
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