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“Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.”

Way Heart May Said Two Soul Together Joy Turns Three Prayer Fire Mets Increase Strikes Devotion Height Latter Midst

Author:James Stalker

“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.”

Trying May Successful Baby Months Development Research Nine Former Being Successful Latter Statistics Pregnant Crash Programmes Basic Research

Author:Richard Doll

“We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the exception. The first are original thinkers in a double sense, and egotists in the noblest meaning of the word.”

Thinking Firsts May Originals Former Latter Exception Divides Thinker

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.”

Thinking Wells May Art Different Former Reaching Latter Faculty Eloquence Lofty Very Deep

Book:Pensées of Joubert

Source: Pensées of Joubert

“A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and argue in favor of their views as they try to convince others to change. At best this may produce agreement or compromise, but it does not give rise to anything creative.”

People Giving Trying May Doe Differences Views Creative Position Produce Keys Ordinary Arguing Favors Dialogue Compromise Discussion Fixed Convince Latter Agreement

Author:David

“Time may restore us in his course Goethe's sage mind and Byron's force: But where will Europe's latter hour Again find Wordsworth's healing power?”

Mind May Time Courses Force Hours Healing Europe Latter Sage Byron Wordsworth

Book:Dover Beach and Other Poems

Source: Dover Beach and Other Poems

“Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.”

Men May Body Nations Noble Latter Cherish

Book:Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

“The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our instincts believe the former; so that, out of this education, we retain the terror, and just believe enough to make it very troublesome whenever we are placed in circumstances that awaken it.”

Believe May Children Enough Understanding Circumstances Instinct Terror Ghost Ignorant Educated Former Latter Troublesome Just Believe

Book:The night-side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost-seers

Source: The night-side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost-seers

“There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.”

Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

“Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to Louisiana, they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former nor the burning suns of the latter; they are not the creature of climate, neither are they confined to the slaveholding or the non-slaveholding States. Alike they spring up among the pleasure-hunting masters of Southern slaves, and the order-loving citizens of the land of steady habits. Whatever then their cause may be, it is common to the whole country.”

Source: Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches

“The psychical condition of men's minds may be compared with a set of bells close together, and so arranged that in the ordinary man a bell rings only when one beside it sounds, and the vibration lasts only a moment. In the genius, when a bell sounds it vibrates so strongly that it sets in action the whole series, and remains in action throughout life. The latter kind of movement often gives rise to extraordinary conditions and absurd impulses, that may last for weeks together and that form the basis of the supposed kinship of genius with insanity.”