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I would not, if I could, give up the memory of the joy I have had in books for any advantage that could be offered in other pursuits or occupations. Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer, what a new discovery is to the scientific student.

— Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

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My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect.

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In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Every child's birthright is a happy home.

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One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic.

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Mind does dominate body. We are superior to the house in which we dwell.

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