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Through the dark cold and the empty desolation,
The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
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We went to see the ocean, and that is probably the best place of all our coast to go to. If you go by water, you may experience wh ...
This incredible work is an almost inexhaustible mine of bad writing, faulty generalizing, childish pussyfooting, ludicrous posturi ...
A nose, kind sir! Sure, Mother Nature,
With all her freaks, ne'er formed this feature.
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This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral h ...
Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive f ...
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words." When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is suc ...
Surely there is not a capitalist or well-informed person in this world today who believes that [World War I] is being fought to ma ...
There are several good protections against temptations but the surest is cowardice.
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it--and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits ...
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