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" The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country. "
Robert Baden-Powell
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" Living indoors without fresh air quickly poisons the blood and makes people feel tired and seedy when they don't know why. For myself, I sleep out of doors in winter as well as summer. I only feel tired or seedy when I have been indoors a lot. I only catch cold when I sleep in a room. "
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