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“Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise”

Way Mind Father Lord Mankind Praise Forgiving Dear Deeper Foolish Reverence Dear Lord

Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

“Energy and curiosity are the lifeblood of universities; the desire to find out, to uncover, to dig deeper, to puzzle out obscurities, is the spirit of the university, and it is a channelling of that unresting curiosity that holds mankind together.”

Together Spirit Desire Energy Mankind Curiosity University Deeper Puzzles Obscurity Dig Deep

Book:The Cornish Trilogy

Source: The Cornish Trilogy

“In course of time the slow advance of knowledge, which has dispelled so many cherished illusions, convinced at least the more thoughtful portion of mankind that the alterations of summer and winter, of spring and autumn, were not merely the result of their own magical rites, but that some deeper cause, some mightier power, was at work behind the shifting scenes of nature.”

Courses Causes Results Behinds Mankind Scene Summer Spring Illusion Winter Deeper Convinced Thoughtful Autumn Portions Shifting Rite Alterations Summer And Winter

Author:James G. Frazer

“I am not fooling myself with dreams of immortality, know how relative all literature is, don't have any faith in mankind, derive enjoyment from too few things. Sometimes these crises give birth to something worth while, sometimes they simply plunge one deeper into depression, but, of course, it is all part of the same thing.”

Knows Giving Sometimes Dream Courses Literature Know How Mankind Birth Despair Depression Crisis Deeper Immortality Enjoyment Relative Plunge

Book:Stefan and Friderike Zweig: their correspondence, 1912-1942

Source: Stefan and Friderike Zweig: their correspondence, 1912-1942

“The receipt to make a speaker, and an applauded one too, is short and easy. Take common sense quantum sufficit; add a little application to the rules and orders of the House [of Commons], throw obvious thoughts in a new light, and make up the whole with a large quantity of purity, correctness and elegancy of style. Take it for granted that by far the greatest part of mankind neither analyze nor search to the bottom; they are incapable of penetrating deeper than the surface.”

Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters

“India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.”

Philosophy Universe Left Mankind India Mark Deeper Units

Author:George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston