"The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist."
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"There is no pre-established harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind."
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"They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself."
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"Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men."
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"We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another."
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"Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions."
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"And, is not Virtue in Mankind The Nutriment that feeds the Mind?"
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"The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him."
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"Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest."
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"For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them."
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"I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind."
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"Even like as St. Paul was converted, just so are all others converted; for we all resist God, but the Holy Ghost draws the will of mankind, when he pleases, through preaching."
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