A Quote by Thomas Boswell
Baseball is religion without the mischief.
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To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
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'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death.' But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with charity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
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