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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ”
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. ”
The human voice is the organ of the soul. ”
There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end. ”
I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me. ”
And as we continue to improve our understanding of the basic science on which applications increasingly depend, material benefits of this and other kinds are secured for the future. ”
My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven. ”
Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would think you were in Riyadh. Years from now, perhaps we can lose the equality part, the same-sex part and call it what it is - marriage. ”
Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us? ”
One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot. ”