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The Harvest Murder

by John Rhode

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“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

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