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A proposition is an assertion that something is or is not the case.
It is a first principle of human action that a man does what he believes will satisfy his desires.
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things.
Patience is the key to achieving great endeavors.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions.A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.