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 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. - Bible  Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking. My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense. There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for then we get rid of cant and hypocrisy. The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts and is desired. For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. True love brings up everything you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily. I left journalism because I met too many interesting people at an uninteresting salary. None but yourself who are your greatest foe. A truly American sentiment recognises the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. God give us men. A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands! Men whom the lust of office does not kill, Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy, Men who possess opinions and a will, Men who love honor, men who cannot lie. So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, 'With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.' It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement. Mozart is sunshine. Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages. God asks no man whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how. We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as they tie their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little. I have been nothing ... but there is tomorrow. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones. 
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