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most important lesson that either religion
To use this world so as not to abuse it, is decidedly the most important lesson that either religion or philosophy inculcates; but it must not be denied, at the same time, that it is one of considerable difficulty.
— from Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land by Thomas Reid

more in love than ever recalled
Villebelle, more in love than ever, recalled the barber's counsels and promised himself the conquest of his captive, but when he was near Blanche, he felt all his resolutions vanish.
— from The Barber of Paris by Paul de Kock

middleman in literature the editor replied
“I have set my face against the middleman in literature,” the editor replied.
— from In Good Company Some personal recollections of Swinburne, Lord Roberts, Watts-Dunton, Oscar Wilde Edward Whymper, S. J. Stone, Stephen Phillips by Coulson Kernahan

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