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The differences between the youthful H.G. Wells and the mature Henry James were so basic and numerous that it seems almost miracul ...
Both in principle and in their private attitude toward mankind Johnson and Rousseau were irreconcilable opponents. Johnson had a v ...
If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact ...
[James G. Blaine's] devotion to the public interests, his marked ability, and his exalted patriotism have won for him the gratitud ...
Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
If all be true that I do think,
There are five reasons we should drink:
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Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh of a wound, t ...
Shake off your heavy trance,
and leap into a dance,
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The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people ... have uttered falsehoods so long, they ...
It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what can never be o ...
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