In some respects the estate reminded me of Rosemullion, which, considering the kind of life I had passed therein, might not have been considered an attraction; nevertheless, I found myself insensibly drawn towards it.
— from A Secret Inheritance (Volume 1 of 3) by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Thus extremely rigorous measures of repression are often more successful than the half-measures employed by humane and charitable administrators.
— from The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies by Elie Metchnikoff
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