Their quarrels make your life a Hell,
Your death a hope.
(The Statesmen)
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INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary pquo' given in exchange for a substantial pquid'.
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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
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IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.
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