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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a si

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. – John Jay Chapman

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Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. – Robert Southey, The Doctor

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