The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause read more

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether read more

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
[Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere read more

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
[Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.]

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one read more

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

Men are blind in their own cause.

Men are blind in their own cause.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of read more

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly ;for one.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
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Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause.
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.

Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless read more

Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless you give ;yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live.