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As Long As The Centuries Continue To Unfold, The Number Of Books Will Grow Continually, And One Can Predict That A Time Will Come When It Will Be Almost As Difficult To Learn Anything From Books As From The Direct Study Of The Whole Universe. It Will Be Almost As Convenient To Search For Some Bit Of Truth Concealed In Nature As It Will Be To Find It Hidden Away In An Immense Multitude Of Bound Volumes.

Whatever Dressing One Gives To Mushrooms, To Whatever Sauces Our Apiciuses Put Them, They Are Not Really Good But To Be Sent Back To The Dungheap Where They Are Born.

There Is No True Sovereign Except The Nation; There Can Be No True Legislator Except The People.

But If You Will Recall The History Of Our Civil Troubles, You Will See Half The Nation Bathe Itself, Out Of Piety, In The Blood Of The Other Half, And Violate The Fundamental Feelings Of Humanity In Order To Sustain The Cause Of God: As Though It Were Necessary To Cease To Be A Man In Order To Prove Oneself Religious!

The Enjoyment Of Freedom Which Could Be Exercised Without Any Motivation Would Be The Real Hallmark Of A Maniac.