The only way to make a library safe is to lock people out of it. As long as they are allowed to read the books 'any old time they have a mind to, ' libraries will remain the nurseries of heresy and independence of thought. They will, in fact, preserve that freedom which is a far more important part of our lives than any ideology or orthodoxy, the freedom that dissolves orthodoxies and inspires solutions to the ever-changing challenges of the future. I hope that your library and mine will continue in this way to be dangerous for many years to come. . Edmund S. Morgan
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. While this might seem somewhat self-serving to me, it is actually a universally true statement. At some point in our lives, most of us will fall. However, the only way to make that fall into something that will end up being beneficial is to get up and keep fighting.

Sometimes, that means taking a break from the fight. Sometimes it means accepting defeat. But, all of these are necessary steps on our journey to becoming better people and stronger leaders.

Source: American Heroes: Profiles Of Men And Women Who Shaped Early America

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