It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which…

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It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. ✨ Jonathan Swift (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated), p.896, Delphi Classics
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It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. ✨ Jonathan Swift (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated), p.896, Delphi Classics

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