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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.  
A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity ...  
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity ...  
Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get upp...  
Government is essentially immoral.  
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.  
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external re...  
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";   Marriage
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of...  
Science is organized knowledge.  
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the...  
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.  
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an ...  
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is...  
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: b...  
The ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to ...  
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to ...  
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, ...  
There is one principle that can keep a man in everlasting ignorance. T...  
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it cl...  
When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the grea...