The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man …

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The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par. ✨ Following the Equator ch. 13, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar (1897)
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