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Sincerity Is Not Test Of Truth-no Evidence Of Correctness Of Conduct. You May Take Poison Sincerely Believing It The Needed Medicine, But Will It Save Your Life?

Appreciation, Whether Of Nature, Or Books, Or Art, Or Men, Depends Very Much On Temperament. What Is Beauty Or Genius Or Greatness To One, Is Far From Being So To Another.

He That Resolves Upon Any Great And Good End, Has, By That Very Resolution, Scaled The Chief Barrier To It. He Will Find Such Resolution Removing Difficulties, Searching Out Or Making Means, Giving Courage For Despondency, And Strength For Weakness, And Like The Star To The Wise Men Of Old, Ever Guiding Him Nearer And Nearer To Perfection.

True Religion Extends Alike To The Intellect And The Heart. Intellect Is In Vain If It Lead Not To Emotion, And Emotion Is Vain If Not Enlightened By Intellect; And Both Are Vain If Not Guided By Truth And Leading To Duty.

Always Have A Book At Hand, In The Parlor, On The Table, For The Family; A Book Of Condensed Thought And Striking Anecdote, Of Sound Maxims And Truthful Apothegms. It Will Impress On Your Own Mind A Thousand Valuable Suggestions, And Teach Your Children A Thousand Lessons Of Truth And Duty. Such A Book Is A Casket Of Jewels For Your Housebold.