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“The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.”

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

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Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

This book delves into the nature of thought, offering insights into various philosophical concepts and ideas. more

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Christian Nestell Bovee

Christian Nestell Bovee was an American writer, philosopher, and theologian known for his works in moral philosophy, religion, and literary criticism. more

“The language of the heart--the language which "comes from the heart" and "goes to the heart"--is always simple, always graceful, and always full of power, but no art of rhetoric can teach it. It is at once the easiest and most difficult language--difficult, since it needs a heart to speak it; easy, because its periods though rounded and full of harmony, are still unstudied.”

Needs Heart Art Stills Speak Language Easy Difficult Simple Teach Periods Harmony Rhetoric Oratory

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“The past is the sepulchre of our dead emotions.”

Past Emotion

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“How like a railway tunnel is the poor man's life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!”

Men Ends Light Poor Poverty Childhood Tunnels Gloom Poor Man Railway Future Life Extremity

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“I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly - rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it's their style.”

People Way Writing Fashion Style Industry Models Dresses Inspired Singers Admire Icons Be Inspired Fashion Industry Gaga Style Icons

Author:Ellie Goulding

“The extent of poverty in the world is much exaggerated. Our sensitiveness makes half our poverty; our fears--anxieties for ills that never happen--a greater part of the other half.”

World Happens Half Poverty Greater Anxiety Other Half Exaggerated

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