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We Can Do Without Any Article Of Luxury We Have Never Had; But When Once Obtained, It Is Not In Human Natur' To Surrender It Voluntarily.

-Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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We Can Do Without

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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We Can Do Without Any Article Of Luxury We Have Never Had; But When Once Obtained, It Is Not In Human Natur' To Surrender It Voluntarily.

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