I try all things, I achieve what I can.
("Moby-Dick")
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Such men appalThe foe, though brave.
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There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.
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There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual fairmindedness should be confounded with political trimming, or why serviceable truth should keep cloistered because not partisan
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