“There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.”
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I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are.
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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
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If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
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