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"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."

Edward F. Halifax, British Statesman

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"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."

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