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— Desire-Joseph Mercier"Suffering accepted and vanquished. . . . will give you a serenity which may well prove the most exquisite fruit of your life."
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A nation which lives a pastoral and innocent life never decorates the shepherd's staff or the plough-handle; but races who live by depredation and slaughter nearly always bestow exquisite ornaments on the quiver, the helmet, and the spear.
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