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This is a far different enterprise than that pursued by the great authorities, who interpreted their present in the light of a grand tradition and who never fell prey to the up-to-date — that most obsolescent of all abstractions.
“The new-made Lord Quenton had two strong sons and a plump grandson to assure the succession, but as his first wife had been carried off by spotted fever three years earlier, he further agreed to take one of Lord Tully’s daughters as his bride.”
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“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.”
― History of the Peloponnesian War
― History of the Peloponnesian War
“Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“P.S. please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bak yard.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
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