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Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate each other, and ourselves.

John Sterling

Fighting, Men, Law

John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.112

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Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

John Sterling

Faith, Art

John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.153

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Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

John Sterling

Tyrants, World, Affection

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An unproductive truth is none. But there are products which cannot be weighed even in patent scales, nor brought to market.

John Sterling

Truth, Patents, Scales

John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.167

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Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.

John Sterling

Dream, Thinking, Toil

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Every fancy that we would substitute for a reality is, if we saw aright, and saw the whole, not only false, but every way less beautiful and excellent than that which we sacrifice to it.

John Sterling

Beautiful, Sacrifice, Reality

John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.127

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