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As The True Object Of Education Is Not To Render The Pupil The Mere Copy Of His Preceptor, It Is Rather To Be Rejoiced In, Than Lamented, That Various Reading Should Lead Him Into New Trains Of Thinking.

The Cause Of Justice Is The Cause Of Humanity. Its Advocates Should Overflow With Universal Good Will. We Should Love This Cause, For It Conduces To The General Happiness Of Mankind.

Revolution Is Engendered By An Indignation With Tyranny, Yet Is Itself Pregnant With Tyranny.... An Attempt To Scrutinize Men's Thoughts And Punish Their Opinions Is Of All Kinds Of Despotism The Most Odious: Yet This Is Peculiarly Character Of A Period Of Revolution.... There Is No Period More At War With The Existence Of Liberty.

Learning Is The Ally, Not The Adversary Of Genius... He Who Reads In A Proper Spirit, Can Scarcely Read Too Much.

Every Man Has A Certain Sphere Of Discretion Which He Has A Right To Expect Shall Not Be Infringed By His Neighbours. This Right Flows From The Very Nature Of Man.