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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.
Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von
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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.