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  • Moltke, by contrast, seemed to have purified himselfof this negative break on the will, a circumstance which Bismarck attributed to his highly developed faculties of selfdenial.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Moltke, by contrast, seemed to have purified himselfof this negative break on the will, a circumstance which Bismarck attributed to his highly developed faculties of selfdenial.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Moltke, by contrast, seemed to have purified himselfof this negative break on the will, a circumstance which Bismarck attributed to his highly developed faculties of selfdenial.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Moltke, by contrast, seemed to have purified himselfof this negative break on the will, a circumstance which Bismarck attributed to his highly developed faculties of selfdenial.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Moltke, by contrast, seemed to have purified himselfof this negative break on the will, a circumstance which Bismarck attributed to his highly developed faculties of selfdenial.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Future consumption cannot motivate present saving because it does not generate present pleasure, but does inflict the pain of selfdenial.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • Future consumption cannot motivate present saving because it does not generate present pleasure, but does inflict the pain of selfdenial.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • By the time my leg was healed so I could walk, I found I liked their quiet life, the artwork they gave me to do, the music I played at dawn and sunset, the silent routine of their uneventful days of prayers and work and selfdenial.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

  • By the time my leg was healed so I could walk, I found I liked their quiet life, the artwork they gave me to do, the music I played at dawn and sunset, the silent routine of their uneventful days of prayers and work and selfdenial.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

  • By the time my leg was healed so I could walk, I found I liked their quiet life, the artwork they gave me to do, the music I played at dawn and sunset, the silent routine of their uneventful days of prayers and work and selfdenial.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

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