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" There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. "

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" To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes. "

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" The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. "

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" An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. "

" We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. "

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" The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. "

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