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" Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. "
Edward Gibbon
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" I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. "
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" Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. "
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" We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win. "
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" Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. "
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" History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. "
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" But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. "
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" The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event. "
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" Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking. "
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" The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events. "
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" It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work. "
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