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It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.
George Gissing
George Gissing
George Gissing
Born: Nov 22, 1857
Died: Dec 28, 1903

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Better, Stupidity, Slowly, Tend, Better Things, Individuals, Towards, Because, Nations, Moves, Capacity, Mankind, Things

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