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To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

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Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

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Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

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The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

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Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

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If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.

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Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: May 4th, 1796

Died: August 2nd, 1859

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