"Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains."

Poverty, Storms, Youth

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"Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains."

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"Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness."

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