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For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.

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  2. Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.
  3. Women have, commonly, a very positive moral sense; that which they will, is right; that which they reject, is wrong; and their will, in mos…
  4. All experience is an arch, to build upon.
  5. Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.
  6. Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator seldom…
  7. Friends are born, not made.
  8. A friend in power is a friend lost.

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