"No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority."

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“They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.”

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“Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.”

“It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.”

“He will have true glory who despises it.”

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