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Ethics, as has been well said, are the finest fruits of humanity, but they are not its roots

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A lost love. Deny it who will, ridicule it, treat it as mere imagination and sentiment, the thing is and will be and women do suffer therefrom, in all its infinite varieties: loss by death, by faithlessness or unworthiness, and by mistaken or unrequited affection.
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It is the Christmas time: And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth, In glorious grief and solemn mirth, The shining angels climb.
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Now, I have nothing to say against uncles in general. They are usually very excellent people, and very convenient to little boys and girls.
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