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“Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.”
“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.”
“To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”
“Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.”
“Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.”