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Appreciation, Whether Of Nature, Or Books, Or Art, Or Men, Depends Very Much On Temperament. What Is Beauty Or Genius Or Greatness To One, Is Far From Being So To Another.

Words Are Both Better And Worse Than Thoughts, They Express Them, And Add To Them; They Give Them Power For Good Or Evil; They Start Them On An Endless Flight, For Instruction And Comfort And Blessing, Or For Injury And Sorrow And Ruin.

Indolence Is The Dry Rot Of Even A Good Mind And A Good Character; The Practical Uselessness Of Both. It Is The Waste Of What Might Be A Happy And Useful Life.

Conscience Is Merely Our Own Judgment Of The Right Or Wrong Of Our Actions, And So Can Never Be A Safe Guide Unless Enlightened By The Word Of God.

Apothegms Are The Wisdom Of The Past Condensed For The Instruction And Guidance Of The Present.