"By then day had broken everywhere, but here it was still night—no, more than night."

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“Plenus annis abit, plenus honoribus.”

“The living voice is that which sways the soul.”

“Nam nec historia debet egredi veritatem, et honeste factis veritas sufficit.”

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“There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,—that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well.”

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