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"He said of them that ‘it has very properly been ranked not among the least of the advantages which compensate for the evils they produce that they serve to bring to light talents and virtues which might otherwise have languished in obscurity or only shot forth a few scattered and wandering rays.’ Who could doubt that the comment had an autobiographical ring?”" — Oct 05, 2026 08:44PM
"He said of them that ‘it has very properly been ranked not among the least of the advantages which compensate for the evils they produce that they serve to bring to light talents and virtues which might otherwise have languished in obscurity or only shot forth a few scattered and wandering rays.’ Who could doubt that the comment had an autobiographical ring?”" — Oct 05, 2026 08:44PM
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