"It is certain that by a special dispensation of Providence in favor of those who make up the bulk of the human family, a man may secure a simple livelihood in agricultural pursuits, with less of energy, less of promptitude, less of calculation, and greater unthrift generally, than would be compatible with even this scanty aim, in any other calling of life."
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Ik Marvel
Donald Grant Mitchell (April 12, 1822 – December 15, 1908), was an American essayist and novelist who used the pseudonym .
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