A Quote by George W. Cecil
On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.
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The emigrant's way o'er the western desert is mark'd by
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In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers.
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