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 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. 
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.
 Ask you what provocation I have had?
 The strong antipathy of good to bad.  
 Ask you what provocation I have had?
 The strong antipathy of good to bad. 
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.
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.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
 O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart
 With pity that doth make me sick.  
 O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart
 With pity that doth make me sick. 
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.