It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little.
Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl
And, scarce suspected, animate the whole.
Great men hallow a whole people and lift up all who live in their time.
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”
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