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“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it”
“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.”
“Why then seek to complete in a few decades what took the other nations of the world thousands of years? Why, in your hurry to subdue and utilize nature, squander her splendid gifts? You have opport...”
“An eminent American is reported to have said to friends who wished to put him forward 'Gentlemen let there be no mistake. I should make a good president but a very bad candidate.'”