"It is good to have organizations but not to exaggerate their importance out of due proportion."
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"It is good to have organizations but not to exaggerate their importance out of due proportion."
"All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity."
"In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food."