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The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble, through the rivaly of schools and creeds that are anxious to obtain official recognition, and there is great danger that our people will lose our independence of thought and action which is the cause of much of our greatness, and sink into the helplessness of the Frenchman or German who expects his government to feed him when hungry, clothe him when naked, to prescribe when his child may be born and when he may die, and, in time, to regulate every act of humanity from the cradle to the tomb, including the manner in which he may seek future admission to paradise.

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The Twainian, Nov., 1943 "Official Physic", p. 5 [newsletter of the Mark Twain Association] 1943

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American author and humorist. Nineteenth century author of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Puddinhead Wilson, and others.

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    यह आपके दुश्मन और आपके दोस्त को एक साथ काम करने के लिए ले जाता है, जिससे आपको किसी की निंदा करने के लिए, और दूसरे को आपसे खबर मिल सके।

    یہ آپ کے دشمن اور آپ کے دوست کے ساتھ مل کر کام کرنے میں ، آپ کو نقصان پہنچانے میں مدد دیتا ہے جس میں سے ایک آپ کی بہتان تراشی کرتا ہے ، اور دوسرا آپ کو خبر پہنچانے میں۔

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