"A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law."

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Source : John Marshall (1839). “The Writings of John Marshall: Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon the Federal Constitution”, p.197

John Marshall

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“Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.”

Source : Steve McConnell (1999). “After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering”
“Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.”
“I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love.”
“Love so seldom means happiness.”

Source : Margery Allingham (1959). “Crime and Mr. Campion”
“There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.”

Source : Bliss Carman (1931). “Bliss Carman's Poems”, McClelland & Stewart
“Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.”

Source : Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.384
“I'm always hungry to learn. I always look for something that I can study.”
“It has been years since I have seen anyone who could even look as if he were in love. No one's face lights up any more except for political conversation.”

Source : "The Fiery Fountains" by Margaret Caroline Anderson, (part 1), 1951.

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