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It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him.
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In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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John Speed is an American novelist.
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