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A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.
A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.
Approximate author period: c. 1830 AD · industrial
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- Douglas Jerrold
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- Approximate author period: c. 1830 AD · industrial
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Conscience · anthology attribution: Douglas Jerrold
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