Basis Elements

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“The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.”
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“Our institutions have a potent digestion, and may in time convert and assimilate to good all elements thrown in, however originally alien.”
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