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  ...neither shall they learn war any more.--ISAIAH 2:4.
I never advocated war except as a means of peace.--U.S. GRANT.
There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul--to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God.--CHAPIN.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired; but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.--ANDREW JACKSON.
PERSEVERANCE.- The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.   --CARLYLE.
It is all very well to tell me that a young man has distinguished himself by a brilliant first speech. He may go on, or he may be satisfied with his first triumph; but show me a young man who has not succeeded at first, and nevertheless has gone on, and I will back that young man to do better than most of those who have succeeded at the first trial.--CHARLES JAMES FOX.
I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with...   Carlyle, Thomas

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