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 Now we sit close about this taper here
 And call in question our necessities.  
 Now we sit close about this taper here
 And call in question our necessities. 
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure read more
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow
 Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
 [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]  
 Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
 [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] 
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
 Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
 [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
  Sortitur insignes et imos.]  
 Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.
 [Lat., Aequa lege necessitas
  Sortitur insignes et imos.] 
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two read more
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.