"My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness."

Virtue, Work, Courage, Politeness

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"My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness."

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"Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world's weight he had never chosen to bear."

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