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Among My Books (1870)
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There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual
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Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
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He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
February 22, 1819
Died:
August 12, 1891
(aged 72)
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