Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think.
If you would lift me, you must be on higher ground.
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force.
The orator is thereby an orator that he keeps his feet ever on a fact.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed to be simple is to be great.
There is a remedy for every wrong and a satisfaction for every soul.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
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