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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter.

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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.
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