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The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature like an inheritance; it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.
The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature like an inheritance; it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.
Approximate author period: c. 1736 AD · early modern
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- Francis M. Voltaire
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- Approximate author period: c. 1736 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1694–1778)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 44 · printed citation: Voltaire · subject: Commander
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