Quotemeal: Oct. 12th, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton —
"Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address."
— Lane Olinghouse —
"As in our daily walk we come nearer towards heaven, He will open to us more of heaven."
— Edward B. Pusey —
"Without faith... nothing is possible. With it... nothing is impossible."
— Mary McLeod Bethune —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

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