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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Burthen and Value
J. G. Zimmermann, Aphorisms and Reflections, (London, 1800), p. 5:
The burthen increases with the value. Those we love, anxiously do we watch; and we merit their esteem by our disquietude.
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