What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swe…

Mark Twain
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What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery! ✨ Mark Twain (2008). The Innocents Abroad, p.266, Velvet Element Books
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What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery! ✨ Mark Twain (2008). The Innocents Abroad, p.266, Velvet Element Books

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