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— Samuel Smiles"Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty."
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Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind.
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