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Shall we repine at a little misplaced charity — we who could no way foresee the effect — when an all-knowing, all-wise Being showers down every day His benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?
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A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.
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It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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Born:
March 6, 1663
Died:
February 22, 1732
(aged 68)
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