That monstrous tuberosity of civilized life, the capital of England.
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Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow and precipitates itself there from. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him.Thomas Carlyle
What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a Man. . . by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts.
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Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
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This Mirabeau's work, then, is done. He sleeps with the primeval giants. He has gone over to the majority Abiit ad plures.
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We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our own position in it.
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What is aristocracy A corporation of the best, of the bravest.
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