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Benjamin Rush

"We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government; that is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible; for this divine book, above all others, favors that equality among mankind, that respect for just laws, and all those sober and frugal virtues which constitute the soul of republicanism."

Source : Benjamin Rush (1988). “Essays: Literary, Moral and Philosophical”, Union College

Benjamin Rush

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“If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good or illuminating, then that work is translated into the language of another community - then they begin to see through their language that the problems described there are the same as the problems they are having. They can identify with characters from another language group.”
“When you're sending emails, you live and die by your subject line. Making it personal or funny can increase your open rate 10 times or more. At the very least, try to pitch some value rather than pointless bragging. 'Work Faster!' is better than 'Version 10.4 now available!'”
“I have found my voice again and the art of using it...”
“History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.”

Source : Andrew Marr (2009). “A History of Modern Britain”, p.19, Pan Macmillan
“On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and again he solaces himself by playing 'Abide with Me' in the hope of edifying both the clients and the inmates”
“It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didnâ€™t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.”
“Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.”
“I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.”

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