“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
