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• To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.
  -- Joseph Addiso...
• What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
  The philosopher, the saint, the hero, the wise, and the good, or the great, very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred and brought to light....
• There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
  -- Joseph Addiso...
• In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou 'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
  -- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) -- Spectator, No. 68...
• The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim.
  -- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) -- Ode...
• Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion. -- Joseph Addiso
• The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care
  His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye....
• We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
  -- Joseph Addiso...
• Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. -- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)