Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit.
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Unhappy, can I give you back your honour?
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Is ditchwater dull Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
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Men that are men again; who goes home?
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'There was no star that I forgot to fear
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