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“The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.”

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William Rounseville Alger, born in 1822, was a prominent American author known for his historical novels and adventure stories. His works were highly appreciated for their rich imagination and profound understanding of history. more

“Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his Reason furnishing Means to achieve them. To train this Animal, and make him amenable to Order; to inure him to a Sense of Justice and Virtue, to withhold him from ill Courses by Fear, and encourage him in his Duty by Hopes; in short, to fashion and model him for Society, hath been the Aim of civil and religious Institutions; and, in all Times, the Endeavour of good and wise Men. The aptest Method for attaining this End, hath been always judged a proper Education.”

“Make a point never go clear, it is great odds that a man whose habits and the bent of whose mind lie a contrary way, shall be unable to comprehend it. So weak a thing is reason in competition with inclination.”

Men Way Mind Reason Lying Clear Habit Perception Weak Competition Contrary Odds Bent Inclination

Author:George Berkeley

Quote by William Rounseville Alger

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