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... ideals, standards, aspirations,—those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,—often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination. - Carolyn Wells
Attribution: Carolyn Wells (1862–1942), U.S. author. The Rest of My Life, ch. 4 (1937).

Categories: Aspirations, Author, Ideals

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