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Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous.
-Herman Melville
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Thus It Often Is, That The Constant

Herman Melville
Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous.
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