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And so no force, however great, Can strain a cord, however fine, Into a horizontal line That shall be absolutely straight. - given as an accidental instance of metre and poetry [Poetry] Conscience is the reason employed about questions of right and wrong. - [Conscience] Every failure is a step to success; every detection of what is false directs us toward what is true; every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. Not only so, but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth. - [Failure] Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. - [Duty] Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. - [Prudence] The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is the only end. Hence the practical arts are not to be classed among the sciences. - [Art] Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God. - [Faith]
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