The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The … - Israel Zangwill

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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit

Israel Zangwill

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

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America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!

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It takes two men to make one brother.

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A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

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