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If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
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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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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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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Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.
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The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.
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In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.
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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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A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn and sacred in his own eyes. He is able to laugh at himself and is not offended when others make him a subject whereon to exercise their wit.
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Faith, like love, unites opinion, like hate, separates.
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If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.
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