Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.

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In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

This world after all our science and sciences is still a miracle wonderful inscrutable magical and

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle, wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more to whosoever will think of it.

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    Joy is the serious business of heaven.

    ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!

    ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pachyderm!'

    Marriage is indeed a manoeuvring business.

    Marriage is indeed a manoeuvring business.

    Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

    Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

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