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Henry David Thoreau Quotes: When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
         

When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.


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