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I have lost all faith in the steadfastness of human resolves.

— Charles Brockden Brown Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

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In the midst of my despair, I do not disdain to contribute what little I can for the benefit of mankind.

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

Bloodshed is the trade, and horror is the element of this man.

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

Purposes fraught with horror, that shun the light, and contemplate the pollution of innocence are here engendered, and fostered, and reared to maturity.

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

Grief carries its own antidote along with it.

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

Ruffian or devil, black as hell or bright as angels, thenceforth he was nothing to me.

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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