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A species of thick clothing slowly grows about the mind, the pores are choked, little habits become a part of existence, and by degrees the mind is inclosed in a husk.
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Clumsy indeed are all words the moment the wooden stage of commonplace life is left.
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It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.