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He is the most dangerous foe to human liberty that has ever set foot on American soil.
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It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready to take advantage of them.
Edmund Morris
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Indeed, until one tries it for himself, it is incredible what dignity there is in an old hat, what virtue in a time-worn coat, and how savory the dinner-table can be made without sirloin steaks and cranberry tarts.
Edmund Morris -
For once, he could look back at the past without regret, and at the future without bewilderment. Simply and touchingly, he wrote in his diary: “I have had so much happiness in my life so far that I feel, no matter what sorrows come, the joys will have overbalanced them."
Edmund Morris -
Somewhere between six one evening and eight-thirty next morning, beside his dressing and his dinner and his guests and his sleep, he had read a volume of three-hundred-and-odd pages.
Edmund Morris -
The child was born at a quarter to eight, emerging so easily that neither chloroform nor instruments were needed.
Edmund Morris -
There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty.
Edmund Morris