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Your blanks have been filled in far differently from those of a child grown up in the filth and poverty


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He was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths.

He was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths.



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The author explains that some find recourse from injustice in literature and art but that these tend to deepen sensitivity to injustice rather than dull it.




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It was a little thing, but on top of the other little things, it broke something in me.




We fill too many gutters while we argue unimportant points and confuse issues.

We fill too many gutters while we argue unimportant points and confuse issues.



A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good.

A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good.



He showed me the lowest. I had to surmise the highest.

He showed me the lowest. I had to surmise the highest.



All the courtesies in the world do not cover up the one vital and massive discourtesy.

All the courtesies in the world do not cover up the one vital and massive discourtesy.



If the judgement makes the law and not the law directs the judgement, it is impossible there should be such a thing as an illegal judgement given.

If the judgement makes the law and not the law directs the judgement, it is impossible there should be such a thing as an illegal judgement given.





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