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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

~Thomas Carlyle

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Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

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Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

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The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

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No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

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Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

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Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Philosopher

Born: December 4th, 1795

Died: February 5th, 1881

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