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There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct _ not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration.
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There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct _ not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration.
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