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The Brave Man Is An Inspiration To The Weak, And Compels Them, As It Were, To Follow Him.

Great Men Are Always Exceptional Men; And Greatness Itself Is But Comparative. Indeed, The Range Of Most Men In Life Is So Limited That Very Few Have The Opportunity Of Being Great.

What We Are Accustomed To Decry As Great Social Evils, Will, For The Most Part, Be Found To Be Only The Out-growth Of Our Own Perverted Life; And Though We May Endeavor To Cut Them Down And Extirpate Them By Means Of Law, They Will Only Spring Up Again With Fresh Luxuriance In Some Other Form, Unless The Conditions Of Human Life And Character Are Radically Improved.

Childhood Is Like A Mirror, Which Reflects In Afterlife The Images First Presented To It. The First Thing Continues Forever With The Child. The First Joy, The First Sorrow, The First Success, The First Failure, The First Achievement, The First Misadventure, Paint The Foreground Of His Life.

Self-control Is Only Courage Under Another Form. It May Also Be Regarded As The Primary Essence Of Character.