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"Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them."

John Erskine, American Poet

Government, People, Books, Painting

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"Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them."

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"Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them."

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