Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has…

Anthony Trollope
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Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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