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... needs and benefits of the thousands less prospered than ourselves ? Shall not our lives be centered in a greater and a more far reaching end than self aggrandizement ? Aye . Shall we not live that we may bless ; gain that [ CHAPTER 2. ] 29.
... needs and benefits of the thousands less prospered than ourselves ? Shall not our lives be centered in a greater and a more far reaching end than self aggrandizement ? Aye . Shall we not live that we may bless ; gain that [ CHAPTER 2. ] 29.
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... thousand one hundred and forty- two names among them all , and that , too , after taking in those now living who were , by inheritance or ancestral prestige , con- sidered worthy of being so much as mentioned . Shall you and I be ...
... thousand one hundred and forty- two names among them all , and that , too , after taking in those now living who were , by inheritance or ancestral prestige , con- sidered worthy of being so much as mentioned . Shall you and I be ...
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... thousands of noble men in Rome in the days of Nero and Borgia ; men who went unrecorded to their graves , while the ... thousand such per- sons . Thrice that number are said to be in this country , -some of whom reckon their wealth by ...
... thousands of noble men in Rome in the days of Nero and Borgia ; men who went unrecorded to their graves , while the ... thousand such per- sons . Thrice that number are said to be in this country , -some of whom reckon their wealth by ...
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... thousand years , and had never spent so much as a farthing of his earnings , either for himself or his family , or for his friends , he would as yet have earned but a quarter of Jay Gould's mil- lions ! But this man , and others like ...
... thousand years , and had never spent so much as a farthing of his earnings , either for himself or his family , or for his friends , he would as yet have earned but a quarter of Jay Gould's mil- lions ! But this man , and others like ...
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... thousand millions of men to perform . Skill and power are not of the nerve , but of the mind . He , therefore , who teaches a man how to handle a tool effectively , or who produces a labor saving machine , is as much a producer of the ...
... thousand millions of men to perform . Skill and power are not of the nerve , but of the mind . He , therefore , who teaches a man how to handle a tool effectively , or who produces a labor saving machine , is as much a producer of the ...
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