When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself.
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War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.
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If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind.
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Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
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When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.
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It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is.
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