No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. - William Ralph Inge

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Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone.

William Ralph Inge

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

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The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

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Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.

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Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

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Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.

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Ambition, if it were to be savored, let alone achieved, had to be rooted in possibility.

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People can tell if you don't like 'em. African Americans can tell we're not welcome in the Republican Party no matter how many times they say we are. All the signals that it's a party that tolerates anti-black racism is very clear.

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