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“He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color'd like his own, and having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.”

Causes Color Skins Fellows Slavery Worthy Guilty Prey Doom Pow Worthy Causes

Book:The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Of the Inner Temple

Source: The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Of the Inner Temple

“We do not precisely enjoy liberty at the Figaro. M. de Latouche, our worthy director (ah! you should know the fellow), is always hanging over us, cutting, pruning, right or wrong, imposing upon us his whims, his aberrations, his fancies, and we have to write as he bids.”

Knows Should Writing Enjoy Liberty Cutting Directors Fellows Worthy Journalism Fancy Whim Imposing Aberration Pruning

Book:Letters of George Sand

Source: Letters of George Sand

“He who loathes war, and will do everything in his power to avert it, but who will, in the last extremity, encounter its perils, from love of country and of home--who is willing to sacrifice himself and all that is dear to him in life, to promote the well-being of his fellow-man, will ever receive a worthy homage.”

Men Wells War Country Home Lasts Sacrifice Willing Fellows Dear Worthy Well Being Encounters Patriotism Fellow Man Peril Homage Loathe Extremity Avert

Author:John Stevens Cabot Abbott

“In our large cities, the population is godless, materialized,--no bond, no fellow-feeling, no enthusiasm. These are not men, but hungers, thirsts, fevers, and appetites walking. How is it people manage to live on,--so aimless as they are? After their peppercorn aims are gained, it seems as if the lime in their bones alone held them together, and not any worthy purpose.”

Source: The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Reaching into one's own pocket to assist his fellow man is noble and worthy of praise. Reaching into another person's pocket to assist one's fellow man is despicable and worthy of condemnation.”

Men Persons Praise Fellows Worthy Noble Reaching Pockets Fellow Man Condemnation Despicable

Author:Walter E. Williams

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”

Men Said I Can Motivational Honesty Ambition Fellows Worthy Every Man Esteem Being True Peculiar Fellow Man My Ambition Rendering

Book:Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Source: Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

“Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on the road. Henceforth, we will catch only a fleeting glimpse of it -- in the study of sacred writings, in other human beings, in liturgy, and in communion with strangers. But these moments remain us that our fellow men and women are themselves sacred; there is something about them taht is worthy of absolute reverence, is in the last resort mysterious, and we will always elude us.”

“… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.”

Men Life Is Calling Aim Fellows Strive Worthy Fellow Man Calling In Life

Author:David O. McKay

“Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be rendered . . . worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens.”

Should Writing Able Reading Common Education Liberty Rights Students Citizens Fellows Sacred Worthy Greek American History Deposits Reading Writing

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of some less fortunate fellow traveler. Today you can make your life . . . significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with it as you will.”

Source: Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day