The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth. (John Lancaster Spalding)

The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth.

John Lancaster Spalding

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