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In America-as elsewhere-free s...

In America-as elsewhere-free speech is confined to the dead.

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Men are more compassionate/(no...

Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.

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Dying man couldn't make up his...

Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to-both have their advantages, heaven for the climate, hell for the company!

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Well, no doubt it's a blessed ...

Well, no doubt it's a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed.

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...and last but not least, ref...

...and last but not least, reflecting my feelings on proofreading...excuse any pages on my websites that have misspelled words or grammatical errors...I'm not a proofreader of any great merit.

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I would not read the proof of ...

I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get out of it. The proof-reading on the P & Pauper cost me the last rags of my religion.

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Is a person's public and priva...

Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

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One can enjoy a rainbow withou...

One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.

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I cannot see the short, white ...

I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and hear the ax; When I see calves and lambs, I see Them led to death; I see no bird Or rabbit cross the open field But what a sudden shot is heard; A shout that tells me men aim true, For death or wound, doth chill me through. W.H. Davies I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the 'lower animals' (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the resu

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These are the true and only Go...

These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme.

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America cannot have an empire ...

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

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I find that the further I go b...

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.

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A person that started in to ca...

A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.

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In the beginning of a change t...

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

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There are many humorous things...

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

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Heaven goes by favor. If it we...

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

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If animals could speak, the do...

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

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In a good bookroom you feel in...

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

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Always do what is right. It wi...

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

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If you pick up a starving dog ...

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

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