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«Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all»
«The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or ''pure English, undefiled'' wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.»
Author: Washington Irving
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Modern Age,
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their own language,
The Modern Age,
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wherewith
«The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.»
Author: Thomas Paine
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Keywords:
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shoulders,
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uncovers