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Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour.

John Galsworthy

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Become Beyond Dog Muteness Peace Play So Torture Trick Utterly Value Word
Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.
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Breathe Day Ineftable Man Painful Spring Such Sweetness Yeaning
For, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves.
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Dompting Itch Ourselves Outside Previous Shut
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Characteristics Essential Force Gentlemen Himself Horror Other Place Position
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Another Cement Continual Everlasting Feel However Human Life Onself Real Refreshment Replacement Unconscious
As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
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Live Man So Think Write
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Another Each Stone Edifice Law Majestic Rest Shellter Us
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Become Faith Man Modern Only Possible
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Brief Dead Future Life Longer Nearby Real Religion Something Struggle Take Place
Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
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Dawn Fertilise Forgive Indulge Little Power
Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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