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The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.
John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
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The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and find the answer of God by honest searching.
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There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen must do it.
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