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One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.
William Godwin
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William Godwin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1756
Born: March 3
Died: 1836
Died: April 7
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Cambridgeshire
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The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.
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God himself has no right to be a tyrant.
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Obey this may be right but beware of reverence.... Government is nothing but regulated force force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It is the business of individuals to persuade the tendency of concentrated strength, is only to give consistency and permanence to an influence more compendious than persuasion.
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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
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Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.
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No maxim can be more pernicious than that which would teach us to consult the temper of the times, and to tell only so much as we imagine our contemporaries will be able to bear.
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Study with desire is real activity without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.
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Literature, taken in all its bearings, forms the grand line of demarcation between the human and the animal kingdoms.
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In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them.
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Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.
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Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.
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But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.
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