The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

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I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

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Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

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The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.

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I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.

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For the sick it is important to have the best.

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