Hope, that comforter in danger!
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Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
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Permalink to quote #22 Their judgment was based more upon blind wishing than upon any sound prevision; for it is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, an…
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