Quote by Matthew Simpson
Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather

Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age. – Matthew Simpson

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Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. – Matthew Simpson

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Faith
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Mute though his lips be, yet they still speak. Hushed is his voice, but its echoes of liberty are ringing through the world, and the sons of bondage listen with joy. – Matthew Simpson

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Presidents Day
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Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state. – Matthew Simpson

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Education
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The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change. – J. G. Ballard

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An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. – Agatha Christie

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Age

I think its hard, the fact that theres a certain age that we cant have kids anymore. – Courteney Cox

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Age

My best friend just had a baby, and shes my age. So Im a godmom now, which is crazy. – Kristen Stewart

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Age

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May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore. – Kinky Friedman

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