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E. B. White Quotes: Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.
         

Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.


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It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity.



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