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— Thomas Carlyle"And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell."
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What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.
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