"Vast is the field of Science … the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know."

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“The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.”

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“Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.”

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“A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it.”

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