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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.
Great causes and little men go ill together.
Great causes and little men go ill together.
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
Hence, therefore, every leader to his charge;
For, on their answer, will we set on them,
And read more
Hence, therefore, every leader to his charge;
For, on their answer, will we set on them,
And God befriend us as our cause is just!
The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, read more
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
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.]
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.
