"I awoke one morning and found myself famous."

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“The blind old man of Scio's rocky isle.”

“If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.”

“I had a dream, which was not all a dream.”

“Friendship is Love without wings.”

“Hope withering fled, and Mercy sighed farewell!”

“There was a laughing devil in his sneer.”

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"Beggars are a sure indicator that there are no Christians, or else very few and dispirited ones, in any town in which beggars are seen."

— Andreas Karlstadt

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"And here I hold that a liberal and brotherly welcome to all who are likely to come to the United States is the only wise policy which this nation can adopt. It has been thoughtfully observed that ever…"

— Frederick Douglass

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"It was the wee hours of the morning, when even the heartbeat of the world had trouble thumping on."

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Entertainment1961

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