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American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny.

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It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.

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A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom.

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Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.

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And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity.

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[Robin Stewart] was your man. True for you, you had withdrawn the crutch from his sight, but still it should have been there in your hand, ready for him. For you are a leader-don't you know it? I don't, surely, need to tell you?-And that is what leadership means. It means fortifying the fainthearted and giving them the two sides of your tongue while you are at it. It means suffering weak love and schooling it till it matures. It means giving up you privicies, your follies and your leasure. It means you can love nothing and no one too much, or you are no longer a leader, you are led.

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The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are twenty thousand men, women and children in the bagnios of Algiers alone. I am not going to make it twenty thousand and one because your mother didn't allow you to keep rabbits, or whatever is at the root of your unshakable fixation. " "I had weasels instead," said Philippa shortly. "Good God," said Lymond, looking at her. "That explains a lot.

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