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Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.


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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.



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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.



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