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Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars. – Henry David Thoreau

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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson

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