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We Can Not Overestimate The Fervent Love Of Liberty, The Intelligent Courage, And The Sum Of Common Sense With Which Our Fathers Made The Great Experiment Of Self-government.

We Hold Reunions, Not For The Dead, For There Is Nothing In All The Earth That You And I Can Do For The Dead. They Are Past Our Help And Past Our Praise. We Can Add To Them No Glory, We Can Give To Them No Immortality. They Do Not Need Us, But Forever And Forever More We Need Them.

Poverty Is Uncomfortable; But Nine Times Out Of Ten The Best Thing That Can Happen To A Young Man Is To Be Tossed Overboard And Compelled To Sink Or Swim.

The Best System Of Education Is That Which Draws Its Chief Support From The Voluntary Effort Of The Community, From The Individual Efforts Of Citizens, And From Those Burdens Of Taxation Which They Voluntarily Impose Upon Themselves.

Power Exhibits Itself Under Two Distinct Forms,--strength And Force,--each Possessing Peculiar Qualities, And Each Perfect In Its Own Sphere. Strength Is Typified By The Oak, The Rock, The Mountain. Force Embodies Itself In The Cataract, The Tempest, And The Thunder-bolt.