“The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility to acquirers; and three, hope to all.”
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I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
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A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
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Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.
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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
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