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Every Dictator Is An Enemy Of Freedom, An Opponent Of Law.

By Persistent Labor Man May Attain To All Excellence.

Every Advantage In The Past Is Judged In The Light Of The Final Issue.

It Is Not Possible To Found A Lasting Power Upon Injustice, Perjury, And Treachery. These May, Perhaps, Succeed For Once, And Borrow For Awhile, From Hope, A Gay And Flourishing Appearance. But Time Betrays Their Weakness, And They Fall Into Ruin Of Themselves. For, As In Structures Of Every Kind, The Lower Parts Should Have The Greatest Firmness--so The Grounds And Principles Of Actions Should Be Just And True.

He Who Confers A Favor Should At Once Forget It, If He Is Not To Show A Sordid Ungenerous Spirit. To Remind A Man Of A Kindness Conferred And To Talk Of It, Is Little Different From Reproach.