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The Web Of This World Is Woven Of Necessity And Chance. Woe To Him Who Has Accustomed Himself From His Youth Up To Find Something Necessary In What Is Capricious, And Who Would Ascribe Something Like Reason To Chance And Make A Religion Of Surrendering To It.

He Who Is Wise Puts Aside All Claims Which May Dissipate His Attention, And Confining Himself To One Branch Excels In That.

Man Would Not Be The Finest Creature In The World If He Were Not Too Fine For It.

What A Day It Is When We Must Envy The Men In Their Graves.

It Is Belief In The Bible, The Fruits Of Deep Meditation, Which Has Served Me As The Guide Of My Moral And Literary Life. I Have Found Capital Safely Invested And Richly Productive Of Interest, Although I Have Sometimes Made But A Bad Use Of It.