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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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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Herbert Croly
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Born:
March 6, 1663
Died:
February 22, 1732
(aged 68)
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