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"Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years."
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"Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years."
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"Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners."
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