That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires the birth an Amelia Barr Quotes
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires the birth and death of kings or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

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