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The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Daniel Webster
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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