What is the most rigorous law of our being Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows -- it must grow nothing can prevent it. (Mark Twain)

What is the most rigorous law of our being Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows -- it must grow nothing can prevent it.

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