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What once was cuddled must learn to kiss The cold wonn's mouth. That's all the mystery.


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The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.



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As things are now going the peace we make, what peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace in brief.without moral purpose or human interest.



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