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• The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. — Abraham Lincoln
• The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. — William Temple
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• Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. — William Temple