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And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
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And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?

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Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the read more

Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the
moment both themselves and their auditors.

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His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled
him to run, though not to soar.

His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled
him to run, though not to soar.

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The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.

The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the read more

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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