"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command."

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"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command."

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"Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence."

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"Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them."

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"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

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"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion."

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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

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"Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality."

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"Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society."

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"The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known."

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"The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station."

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"The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind."

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"While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it."

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"Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will."

John Acton, English Historian

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"I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is being used in another way."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

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"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

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"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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"There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol."

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"The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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"Being number two sucks."

Andre Agassi, American Athlete

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