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Ignore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any >>
The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough >>
Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct >>
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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an e >>
The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist.