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Harriet Martineau Quotes: There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
         

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.


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My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.



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