哲学是迫使我们面对最想回避问题的学科。

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

The history of life is a history of innovation.