What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

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In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.

Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did...

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were...

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.