Ludwig Ebert , born on April 13, 1834, at Schloss Kladrau, in Bohemia, began early his musical training in the home of his father, who was royal treasurer of Windischgratz, and was sent in 1846 to Prague in order to study at the Conservatoire.
— from The Violoncello and Its History by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
More men are killed, I believe, by eating half-cooked victuals, than by hard work.
— from Digging for Gold: Adventures in California by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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