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Institutions May Crumble And Governments Fall, But It Is Only That They May Renew A Better Youth, And Mount Upwards Like The Eagle.

Beauty Is But The Sensible Image Of The Infinite. Like Truth And Justice, It Lives Within Us; Like Virtue And The Moral Law, It Is A Companion Of The Soul.

Truth Is Not Exciting Enough To Those Who Depend On The Characters And Lives Of Their Neighbors For All Their Amusement.

The Exact Measure Of The Progress Of Civilization Is The Degree In Which The Intelligence Of The Common Mind Has Prevailed Over Wealth And Brute Force.

The Best Government Rests On The People, And Not On The Few, On Persons And Not On Property, On The Free Development Of Public Opinion And Not On Authority.