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Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes, to encourage this feeling and repress that, so as finally to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious nature — this is alike the aim of parent and teacher.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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The forces which are working out the great scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of mankind as stand in their way, with the same sternness that they exterminate beasts of prey and herds of useless ruminants.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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Born:
April 27, 1820
Died:
December 8, 1903
(aged 83)
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