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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.
Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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- Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Progress · anthology attribution: Lytton
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