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“The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of them can operate without extending its influence to the others. All these interests are alike under the protecting power of the legislative authority, and the duties of the representative bodies are to conciliate them in harmony together.”

Body Together Nations Causes Interest Influence Duty Authority Harmony Unions Prosperity Permanent Representatives Linked Manufacturing Extending

Book:John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

Source: John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

“If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish men for their opinions it would be an act of mercy to mankind to extinguish such opinions. By burning the bodies of those who diffuse them many souls would be saved that would otherwise be lost, and so there would be an economy of torment in the long run. It is therefore not surprising that enthusiasts should be intolerant.”

Source: The Martyrdom of Man

“Friendship is by its very nature freer of deceit than any other relationship we can know because it is the bond least affected by striving for power, physical pleasure, or material profit, most liberated from any oath of duty or of constancy. With Eros the body stands naked, in friendship our spirit is denuded.”

Knows Body Spirit Pleasure Materials Duty Strive Profit Naked Deceit Affected Oath Liberated Constancy Eros

Book:Adam & Eve and the City: Selected Non Fiction

Source: Adam & Eve and the City: Selected Non Fiction

“The duty of labor is written on a man's body: in the stout muscle of the arm,, and the delicate machinery of the hand.”

Men Body Hands Written Duty Arms Labor Muscles Delicate Machinery Stout

Book:The critical and miscellaneous writings of Theodore Parker

Source: The critical and miscellaneous writings of Theodore Parker

“This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.”

Knows Body Process Lines Duty Eating Weight Meals Calories Labeling

Author:Cathy Guisewite