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"[A] man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether he is doing right or wrong."

"Down toward one end of the village, among the small houses, a dog complained about the cold and the loneliness. He raised his nose to his God and gave a long fulsome account of the state of the world as it applied to him. He was a practiced singer with a full bell throat and great versatility of range and control."