What Is Life, But One Long Risk?

Compared With More Emotional Types, Vermonters Seem To Have Few Passions. But Those They Have Are Great And Burning. The Greatest Is Their Conviction That Without Freedom Human Life Is Not Worth Living.

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Taking Somebody's Sacrifices Is Like Taking Counterfeit Money. You're Only The Poorer.

Never Since The Dawn Of Human History, As Far As I Can Find Out, Did People Long Settled In Any Region Give A Friendly Welcome To Newcomers. One Of The Disagreeable Traits Of Our Human Nature Seems To Be To Dislike On Sight People Who Come Later Than The First Settlers.

The Most Elementary Experience Of Life Proves That The Effects Of Compulsion Last Exactly As Long As The Physical Or Moral Club Can Be Applied.