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" In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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" Whoever marries simply for himself will make a mistake; but whoever loves a woman so well that he says, 'I will make her happy,' makes no mistake. And so with the woman who says, 'I will make him happy.' "

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" There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this. "

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" The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers. "

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" George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties of mankind. "

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" They believed that every man should know how to read and how to write, and should find out all that his capacity allowed him to comprehend. That is the glory of the Puritan fathers. "

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" It always has been and forever will be impossible for slavery or any kind or form of injustice to produce a great poet. "

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" The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live. "

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" It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. "

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" Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people. "

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" You need not go back four thousand years for heroines. The world is filled with them today. They do not belong to any nation, nor to any religion, nor exclusively to any race. Wherever woman is found, they are found. "

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" Voltaire made up his mind to destroy the superstition of his time. He fought with every weapon that genius could devise or use. He was the greatest of all caricaturists, and he used this wonderful gift without mercy. "

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" In every age in which books have been produced, the governing class, the respectable, have been opposed to the works of real genius. "

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" It is what people do not know that they persecute each other about. "

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" We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. "

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" Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did and never will agree. "

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" The religion that has to be supported by law is without value, not only, but a fraud and a curse. The religious argument that has to be supported by a musket is hardly worth making. "

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" Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight. "

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" I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. "

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" The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within. "

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" The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world. "

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" An honest God is the noblest work of man. "

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" Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth. "

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" Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear, but he had that fortitude of soul which bears the consequences of the course pursued without complaint. "

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" Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light. "

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" Wherever the sword of rebellion is drawn to protect the rights of man, I am a rebel. Wherever the sword of rebellion is drawn to give man liberty, to clothe him in all his just rights, I am on the side of that rebellion. "

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" The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public. "

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" Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought. "

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" Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science. "

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