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Stills belong in the lobby, not on the screen. ”
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. ”
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. ”
But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. ”
I have the thermometer in my mouth and I am listening to it all the time. ”
In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British. ”
I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty. ”
I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress. ”
The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case. ”
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts. ”