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 The only difficulty, is raising powers suitable to the nature of the service: is capricious— must not be searched for—and  (good-natured slut as she is) will not come in at a call, was an empire to be laid at her feet.

The best way for a man, is to say his prayers

Only if it puts him in mind of his infirmities and defects as well ghostly as bodily—for that purpose, he will find himself rather worse after he has said them than before—for other purposes, better.

For my own part there is not a way either moral or mechanical under heaven