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" The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. "

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" The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. "

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" We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. "

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" The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. "

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" Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. "

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" The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. "