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Babylon is a city which, in addition to its size, surpasses in splendour any city in the known world.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

The Deed is, if great, then wrought at great risks.

Evolution is suggested by the idea of fossils showing that egypt was once under water.

Force is not always called for — force has no place where there is need of skill.

Free speech is the first requisite of a state, almost synonymous with 'absent of tyranny', in that it creates a condition of life which enables men to overcome a foe many times more numerous.

Haste is the mother of failure.

Haste is unwise — Haste in every business brings failures.

The Historian is one who strives to correct the defect of history that very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all.

The Mailman is one who will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.

Power is precarious.