"It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually."

Poverty, Idleness, Luxury, Man

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"It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually."

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