dare mighty things

Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much,
because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

-Theodore Roosevelt, Strenuous Life

"in America, it is religion that leads to enlightenment; it is the observance of divine laws that guides man to freedom."
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop

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"The Mississippi Valley is, all in all, the most magnificent dwelling that God has ever prepared for the habitation of man..."

I couldn't help but think of home when I read this quote from Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop