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Togetherness, For Me, Means Teamwork. It Makes Us Reflect How Completely Dependent We Are Upon One Another In Our Social And Commercial Life. The More Diversified Our Labors And Interests Have Become In The Modern World, The More Surely Need To Integrate Our Efforts To Justify Our Individual Selves And Our Civilization.

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Togetherness, For Me, Means

Walt Disney

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Togetherness, For Me, Means Teamwork. It Makes Us Reflect How Completely Dependent We Are Upon One Another In Our Social And Commercial Life. The More Diversified Our Labors And Interests Have Become In The Modern World, The More Surely Need To Integrate Our Efforts To Justify Our Individual Selves And Our Civilization.

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