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" It is necessary for him who would endure existence with patience that he should conceive himself to be something - that he should be persuaded he is not a cipher in the muster-roll of man. "

William Godwin

Endure

Patience

Man

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Beginning

Nature

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" Religion is among the most beautiful and most natural of all things - that religion which 'sees God in clouds and hears Him in the wind,' which endows every object of sense with a living soul, which finds in the system of nature whatever is holy, mysterious and venerable, and inspires the bosom with sentiments of awe and veneration. "

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William Godwin

Corrupt

Man

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" The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself. "

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Desires

Reason

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