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Ancient sculpture is the true school of modesty. But where the Greeks had modesty, we have cant; where they had poetry, we have cant; where they had patriotism, we have cant; where they had anything that exalts, delights, or adorns humanity, we have nothing but cant, cant, cant.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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Born:
October 18, 1785
Died:
January 23, 1866
(aged 80)
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