Carl Becker
Carl Becker
model paint soldiers
I used to paint model soldiers as a kid.
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Washington liked that look, because it made the British think they were all crack shots.
abandoned created forces man
Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him
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It's not due until June, but I'm going to have it done in a couple of weeks. Doing it does not constitute an admission that there ever was a dam there.
deepening enables history ourselves prepares scientific value
The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to control, not society, but ourselves - a much more important thing; it prepares us to live more
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You made a series of very poor decisions,
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Your life will be very different, ... You need to work your way back, and the one thing I can do is push you in that direction. Society is based on honesty and you have paid and will continue to pay for many years, a price for your lack of honesty.
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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept