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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes: Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.
         

Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.


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