Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
  

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One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
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Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.
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