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" I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Influence
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" Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side. "
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" Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. "
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" For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. "
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" I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. "
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