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" Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. "

W. Somerset Maugham

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" Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. "

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