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Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it po

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. – George Bancroft

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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. – George Bancroft

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Beauty
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Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. – George Bancroft

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Presidents Day
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Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God. – Augustine

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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. – Richard Dawkins

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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. – Johann Sebastian Bach

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Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric. – Kary Mullis

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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. – William Osler

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