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If There Were Only Turnips And Potatoes In The World, Someone Would Complain That Plants Grow The Wrong Way.

He Who Says He Hates All Kinds Of Flattery, And Says So In Earnest, Has Undoubtedly Not As Yet Become Acquainted With All Kinds Of It, Whether In Substance Or In Form.

It Not Seldom Happens That In The Purposeless Rovings And Wanderings Of The Imagination We Hunt Down Such Game As Can Be Put To Use By Our Purposeful Philosophy In Its Well-ordered Household.

It Is Hardly To Be Believed How Spiritual Reflections When Mixed With A Little Physics Can Hold People's Attention And Give Them A Livelier Idea Of God Than Do The Often Ill-applied Examples Of His Wrath.

There Is Something In The Character Of Every Man Which Cannot Be Broken In--the Skeleton Of His Character; And To Try To Alter This Is Like Training A Sheep For Draught Purposes.