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No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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Brought
Intelligence
Spirit
Form
Government
Matter
Nearly
Much
Administration

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what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches
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