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The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.
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The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.
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The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community
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It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
June 5, 1887
Died:
September 17, 1948
(aged 61)
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