"The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity."

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“We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.”

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“And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.”

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