expense of the greater
whole. It is the ignorant man, therefore, who is the selfish man.

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To get up immediately when we stumble, face again to the light, and
travel on without wasting even a moment in regret.

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We are on the way from the imperfect to the perfect; some day, in this
life or some other, we shall reach our destiny. It is as much the part
of folly to waste time and cripple our forces in vain, unproductive
regrets in regard to the occurences of the past as it is to cripple our
forces through fears and forebodings for the future.

There is no experience in any life which if rightly recognized, rightly
turned and thereby wisely used, cannot be made of value; many times
things thus turned and used can be made sources of inestimable gain;
ofttimes they become veritable blessings in disguise.

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'Tis the sweetest thing to remember
If courage be on the wane.
When the cold, dark days are over--
Why, the birds go north again.

_Ella Higginson_

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Nothing is more subtle than thought, nothing more powerful, nothing more
irresistible in its operations, when rightly applied and held to with a
faith and fidelity that is unswerving,--a faith and fidelity that never
knows the neutralizing effects of doubt and fear. If one have
aspirations and a sincere desire for a higher and better condition, so
far as advantages, facilities, associates, or any surroundings or
environments are concerned, and if he continually send out his highest
thought forces for the realization of these desires, and continually
water these forces with firm expectation as to their fulfillment, he
will sooner or later find himself in the realization of these desires,
and all in accordance with natural laws and forces.

We are born to be neither slaves nor beggars, but to dominion and to
plenty. This is our rightful heritage, if we will but recognize and lay
claim to it.

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One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better,
Sleep to wake.

_Robert Browning_

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Will is the steady directing power: