"There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it."

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There is but one pursuit in life which it is in the power of all to follow, and of all to attain. It is subject to no disappointments, since he that perseveres, makes every difficulty an advancement, and every contest a victory; and this is the pursuit of virtue.

— Charles Caleb Colton