“Everything seems asleep, and yet going on all the time. It is a goodly
life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are
strong enough to lead it!”
― The Wind in the Willows
life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are
strong enough to lead it!”
― The Wind in the Willows
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]”
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[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]”
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“The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.”
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“But Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, but can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty in it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties.”
― The Wind in the Willows
― The Wind in the Willows
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