Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship…

Edward Hoagland
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Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor. ✨ Edward Hoagland (1999). Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life, p.33, Rowman & Littlefield
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Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor. ✨ Edward Hoagland (1999). Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life, p.33, Rowman & Littlefield

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