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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- My Study Windows, Abraham Lincoln, 1864...
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious thing
freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them....
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree.
For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree....
It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion. -- Mentat Praye
it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousne
o make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is....
It is cheaper to borrow the mistakes of others than to pay for your own. -- Palmer Styles -8/94
It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
-- Life of Agesilaus II...
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
-- Voltaire...
It is coming up to March again, and Oral Roberts is looking for someone to hold him hostage.
God didn't want the job. God punished him for what he did the last time by leaving Oral in Oklahoma....
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
-- Mathew Henry (1662-1714) -- Commentaries, Jeremiah vii...

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