Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely…

Louis L'Amour
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Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen. ✨ Louis L'Amour (2015). The Rider of Lost Creek: The Classic Novel of Range War, p.4, Renaissance EBooks
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