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Every thing is what it is, and not another thing.

— Joseph Butler

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Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy; as hunger is a natural call for food.

Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel (1726)

The first thought is often the best.

That which is the foundation of all our hopes and of all our fears; all our hopes and fears which are of any consideration: I mean a Future Life.

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