“To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.”
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.
The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
