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"The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character."
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Source: Martin Luther (2012). “Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings”, p.56, Fortress Press
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