“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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