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The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien

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May 30, 2013 06:39PM

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Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words

by Douglas L. Wilson

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May 12, 2013 07:58PM

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Revolutionary Spirits: The Enlightened Faith of America's Founding Fathers

by Gary Kowalski

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Jim’s Quotes

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

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