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We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.Albert Pike
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That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commenced with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.Albert Pike
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A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.Albert Pike
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To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more honorable than rank and title.Albert Pike
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We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.Albert Pike
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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.Albert Pike
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Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.Albert Pike
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Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.Albert Pike
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Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.Albert Pike