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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau

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We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. – Norman Cousins

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Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. РMontesquieu, Vari̬t̬s

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No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work. – William Ralph Inge

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Perhaps this is an age when men think bravely of the human spirit; for surely they have a strange lust to lay it bare. – Christopher Morley

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