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"The most important in the history of nations and individuals was once the most trivial, and vice ver..." — Ameen Rihani
The most important in the history of nations and individuals was once the most trivial, and vice versa. The plebeian, who is called today the 'man in the street,' can never see and understand the significance of the hidden seed of things, which in time must develop or die.
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