Upper Part

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“The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.”
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“But Maine, perhaps, will soon be where Massachusetts is. A good part of her territory is already as bare and commonplace as much of our neighborhood, and her villages generally are not so well shaded as ours.”
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