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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

R. D. Hitchcock

A modest confession of ignorance is the ripest and last attainment of philosophy.

He only is great of heart who floods the world with a great affection. He only is great of mind who stirs the world with great thoughts. He only is great of will who does something to shape the world to a great career; and he is greatest who does the most of all these things, and does them best.

Life is not victory, but battle.

Pleasure is far sweeter as a recreation than a business.

Religion implies revelation.

Religion is not a dogma nor an emotion, but a service.

True greatness is, first of all, a thing of the heart.