Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top. (Henry Ward Beecher)

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher

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