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What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—nothing more.
What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—nothing more.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Alexander McCall Smith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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