It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.

It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.

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Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

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