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• He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds.
  Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him....
• Approved, but not funded.
• Life is silly but should be taken seriously.
• Life is like a Joss-stick, it stinks and then it's over.
• McGowan's Madison Avenue Axiom: If an item is advertised as "under $
  50," you can bet it's not $19.95....
• If an item is advertised as under $50, you can bet it's not $
  19.95. -- McGowan's Madison Avenue Axiom...