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A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Law Quotes,
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A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. He that read more

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of man and the well-being of mankind.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Machine Quotes,
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point read more

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Judgement Quotes,
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.

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Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this read more

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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