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The fair seemed a consummate achievement of human idealism and beauty; the city—apart from its suburbs—an irresistible expression of materialism and uncouth power. How the one could have given birth to the other seemed a troubling paradox,
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin
― Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin
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“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
― A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
― A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
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