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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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17.4.02

Mr Fishbein's facts and figures Coffee is the 2nd-most traded commodity in the world economy, after oil. One coffee tree yields slightly less than 1 pound of coffee per year. For every pound of gourmet coffee sold, small-coffee farmers receive between 12� and 25�.
In Guatemala, 70 children out of every 1,000 die before age 5; 51 of those children will not live to reach their first birthdays.

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