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He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

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Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel!

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I could show how largely our laws and customs are based upon the laws of Moses and the teachings of Christ; how constantly the Bible is appealed to as the guide of life and the authority in questions of morals... Add a volume of unofficial declaration to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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David Josiah Brewer

David Josiah Brewer
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Born: June 20, 1837
Died: March 28, 1910 (aged 72)
Bio: David Josiah Brewer was an American jurist and an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court for 20 years.
Known for:
  1. The United States a Christian nation (1905)
  2. Crowned masterpieces of eloquence (1910)
  3. World's best essays

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