"To live on and to strive regardless of the burdens of suffering, to kindle that precious flame even in the stygian depths of night and prepare to greet the dawn. Our fates and our lives are joined as one, for I am that same as all of our fellow Chinese. Therefore, I implore you to donate the funds that you have raised on my behalf to those who truly are in want. Please share this bounty with our fellow citizens at this pressing time of hard ship and need."

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"As time goes on, those who think that they live in democracies will live at best, in oligarchy or at worst under fascist regimes. In medieval times, people thought they were badly off when they paid t…"

"During part of 1941 and 1942, when the Luftwaffe was busy in Russia, the German radio regaled its home audience with stories of devastating air raids on London.  Now, we are aware that those raids did…"

"Youth's first acquaintance with sorrow is a terrible thing—before time has taught, what it will surely teach, that grief is our natural portion, at once transitory and eternal. But the first lesson is…"