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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.
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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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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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 common man is impelled and controlled by interests the superior, by ideas.
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The world is a mirror into which we look, and see our own image.
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The important thing is how we know, not what or how much.
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