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There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.
Charles Dudley Warner
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Charles Dudley Warner
Age: 71 †
Born: 1829
Born: September 12
Died: 1900
Died: October 20
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I do not know the names of all the weeds and plants, I have to do as Adam did in his garden... name things as I find them.
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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.
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The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
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If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the hours are scourges. If you work by the hour, you gently sail on the stream of Time, which is always bearing you on to the haven of Pay, whether you make any effort, or not.
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