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Strong men greet war tempest hard times. They wish as Pindar said to tread the floors of hell with necessities as hard as iron.
Strong men greet war tempest hard times. They wish as Pindar said to tread the floors of hell with necessities as hard as iron.
Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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