"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor."

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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

"Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always has been made up of men skilled in farming."

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