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 One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humour.  Why, a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job. - Bible Deliberate often - decide once. An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership. Every nation has the government that it deserves. Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere. The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet The brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. Something will turn up. Sadness flies away on the wings of time. No matter how old a mother is, she still watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs. Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows. A woman of mystique is fully aware of her flaws and weaknesses, yet she is strong enough to admit them and not be embarrassed by them. This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. Now is the Winter of our discontent. The scholar seeks, the artist finds. I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune. 
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