The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

Herbert Spencer
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  1. We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil, ' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

  2. The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

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  4. They who employ force by proxy are as much responsible for that force as though they employed it themselves.

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