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Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you.
Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you.
Approximate author period: c. 1847 AD · industrial
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- Charles Kingsley
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- Approximate author period: c. 1847 AD · industrial
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 615 · quotation 18 · Charles Kingsley · Saint's Tragedy. I. 4.
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