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  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth

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“We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives,Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.”
— Philip James Bailey
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“We live in deeds not years In thoughts not breaths In feelings not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.”
— Philip James Bailey
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“Imagination is the air of mind.”
— Philip James Bailey
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“Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.”
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“The sole equality on earth is death.”
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“Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.”
— Philip James Bailey
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