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Mark Twain Quotes: Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?
         

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?


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