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classicalliberalleague · 7 years

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@NAC you had a list of books on your old page of recommended readings...but I can't find it now. Could you repost it?

I assume you mean this one ( I have this list on my web page with links included for the public domain stuff I could find…I try to keep it updated as I think of new things or find new ones.)

Young adult/childrenThe Little Prince by Saint-ExuperyWhere the sidewalk ends by SilversteinElla Minnow Pea by DunnSophie’s World by GaarderThe Great Good Thing by TownleyThe Jungle Book by Kipling Bridge to Terabithia by DiamondThe Westing Game by RaskingLillies of the Field by BarrettFlowers for Algernon by KeyesThe Wrinkle in Time Series(Wrinkle In Time, Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet) by Madeleine L’EngleThe Dark is Rising Series by Susan CooperThe Tripod Trilogy by John ChristopherThe Hobbit by TolkienCoraline by Neil GaimanEyes of the Dragon by Stephen KingThe Original Shanara Trilogy (Sword, Elfstones, Wishsong) and Landover (Magic Kingdom for Sale, SOLD!, The Black Unicorn, Wizard at Large, The Tangle Box) by Terry Brooks by Elizabeth GeorgeThe Witch of Blackbird PondAdventures of Tom Sawyer by Twain

Literature Winter’s Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, Freddy & Frederika by Mark HelprinShakespeare (Especially Othello, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Tempest, Henry IV parts 1 & 2, Henry V, sonnets) Iliad Odyssey by Homer (I like the Fagles translation)Sophocles–Oedipus Trilogy , , Philoctetes , Women of Trachis Orestia by Aeschylus Medea by Euripides Victor HugoLes Miserables The Hunchback of Notre Dam by Hugo A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens To Kill A Mockingbird by LeeWuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Complete works of Faulkner ( esp.The Sound and the Fury, Light in August) by FaulknerHoward’s End by Forster Diary of a Young Girl by FrankThe Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne Catch 22 by HellerGone with the Wind by MitchellFrankenstein by Shelley The Portrait of Dorian Gray , Importance of Being Earnest , An Ideal Husband by WildeThe Time Machine by Wells A Raisin in the Sun by HansberryNight by WieselThe Glass Menagerie by WilliamsThe Devil’s Disciple by ShawA Man for All Seasons by BoltCyrano de Bergerac by Ronstad (unless you speak French only the Hooker translation)Dracula by Stoker Inherit the Wind by Lawrence and LeeMagnificent Obsession by DouglasSilas Marner by George Eliot Decameron –Boccaccio A Modest Proposal—SwiftSelf-Reliance, The American Scholar, Experience—EmersonUp from Slavery—Booker T. Washington

PhilosophyA History of Knowledge by Van DorenThe Cave and the Light by HermanPlato (Euthyphro , Apology , Gorgias , Crito, Phaedo , Symposium , Republic )Aristotle (Metaphysics , Nicomachean Ethics , Eudemian Ethics , Politics , Rhetoric , Poetics )The History of Philosophy by CoplestonDiscourses on Livy by Machiavelli Ethical and Political Writings of St. Thomas AquinasAristotle for Everybody, 10 Philosophical Mistakes, The Great Ideas, How to Read A Book by AdlerCicero (On the Gods , On Duties , 1st and 2nd Philippics Superheroes and Philosophy edited by MorrisBuffy The Vampire Slayer and Philosophy edited by South

HistoryHistory of the Ancient World, Medieval World, Renaissance World by Susan Wise BauerThe Forgotten Man, Coolidge by ShlaesHistory of the Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides John Adams by McCulloughFrom Dawn to Decadence by BarzunPlutarch’s Lives Cicero, Augustus by EverittLetters of John and Abigail Adams Washington by Ron ChernowThe Glorious Cause by Robert MiddlekauffLost Enlightenment by StarrReagan’s War by SchweizerPatriot’s History of the United States by Schweikart and AllenThe closing of the Muslim Mind by ReillyThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Economics/PoliticsWho Really Cares and The Road to Freedom by Arthur BrooksThe World is Flat by Thomas FriedmanDave Barry Hits Below the Beltway by BarryDemocracy in America by de Tocqueville The Law by Bastiat The Upside of Down by McArdkeSpirit of the Laws The Federalist Papers Adam Smith (Theory of Moral Development , Wealth of Nations )My Journey by BlairThe Conscience of a Conservative by GoldwaterLocke (Second Treatise of Government , A Letter Concerning Tolerance )Parliament of Whores, Eat the Rich, On Wealth, Peace Kills by O’RourkeIn Defense of Globalization by BhagwatiNovus Ordo Seclorum by McDonaldBasic Economics, Civil Rights by SowellThe Next 100 Years by FriedmanThe Mystery of Capital by de SotoThe Road to Serfdom by HayekCapitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose by FriedmanNew Threats To Freedom edited by BellowA Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful; Reflections on the Revolution in France by BurkeThe General Theory by KeynesThe Origins of Political Order, Political Order and Decay by FukuyamaBourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Equality, Bourgeois Dignity by Deirdre McCloskeyCapital by Marx The Conservative Mind by Kirk

Other nonfictionPower of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Universe in a Nutshell by HawkingFreakanomics by Levitt & DubnerThe Art of War by Sun TzuScratch beginnings by ShepardThe Tao of Physics by CapraShadowplay by AsquithHuman Excellence by MuarryThe Better Angles of Our Nature by Pinker48 Laws of Power by GreeneThe Story of Western Science by Bauer

Pleasure readingMan in the High Castle by DickBeat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, Flying Colours by ForesterThe Road to Gandolfo, Bourne Trilogy by LudlumBig Trouble by BarryEaters of the Dead, State of Fear by CrichtonRed Storm Rising by ClancyI, Claudius by GravesThe Walking Drum by L’AmourGates of Fire by PressfieldThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Ozcry It and The Green Mile by KingThe Agony and the Ecstasy by StonePillars of the Earth by FollettThe Historian by KostovaGrail Quest by CornwallThe Thirteenth Tale by StterfieldLamb, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Vampire Trilogy, The Stupidest Angel and Fool by Moore

Sci fi/Fantasy Mists of Avalon, The Forrest House by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (et. al)Dune Series by Frank Herbert (et. al)The Sword of Truth Series by Terry GoodkindWorks of Robert Heinlein (esp. Stranger in a Strange Land, Puppet Master, Starship Troopers, Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and Double Star)Good Omens by Gaiman and PratchettWatership Down by AdamsEnder’s Game by CardAmerican Gods by GaimanAnthem, Atlas Shrugged by RandHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Adams1984 by George Orwell2001–Clarke

Spiritual The Robe by DouglasLost Horizon by HiltonGod Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita by YoganadaThe Second Coming of Christ by YoganandaThe Tao Te Ching (best to read at least two translations)The Alchemist, Veronica Decides to Die by CoelhoAutobiography of a Yogi by YoganandaEvidence of the Afterlife by LongA Course in MiraclesThe Messengers by IngramThe Celestine Prophecy by RedfieldLife before Life by TuckerJonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions by BachSiddartha by HesseKoranThe Book of CertitudeHoly BibleBook of Mormon

PoetryThe Prophet, The Broken Wings, Song of Man by GibranLeaves of Grass by Whitman (esp. Preface, Song of Myself, I hear America Singing, Corinna’s Going A-Maying,When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer, O Me! O Life!, O Captain! My Captain!)Works of Tennyson (especially The Lady of Shalott, Ulysses, Charge of the Light Brigade, For I dipped into the Future, In Memoriam A.H.H., Crossing the Bar, Ulysses)Works of T.S. Eliot (especially The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Wasteland, Hollow Men, Preludes-, Four Quartets)Divine Comedy by Dante (I like the Mandelbaum translation) Metamorphoses by Ovid Hesperides and Nobel Numbers by Herrick (esp. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, Argument of his book, Delight in Disorder, To His Conscience, Upon Julia’s ClothesFaust by Goethe Part I Part II Works of Sappho, Hafiz, Rumi, Li Po, Tu Fu (best to read several translations)Tagore (esp. Gitanjali)Spencer– Amoretti (Sonnets 1,8, 10, 35, 37, 67,68, 70,75, 79)Sidney —Astrophil & Stella (Sonnets 1,6,9,15, 31,39,45,52,69,71,72,87,89,108)The Passionate Shepherd to His Love—MarloweThe Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd—RaleighShakespeare’s Sonnets (all them)Meditation 17, Holy Sonnet 10, The Bait—DonneTo a Mouse, To a Louse, Auld Lang Syne. A Red Red Rose–BurnsThe Lamb, The Tyger—BlakeRime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan—ColeridgeShe Walks in Beauty Like the Night, When We Two Parted, Darkness, We’ll Go No More A Roving, When A Man Hath No Freedom to Fight for at Home—ByronA Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing—PopeThe Measure of a Man—UnknownInvictus–HenleyPrayer of St. Francis of Assisi—Unknown (but probably not St. Francis)Ozymandias, The Flight of Love, To—, —ShellyOde on a Grecian Urn, La Belle Dame Sans Merci—KeatsSea Fever–MasefieldMy Last Duchess, Andrea del Sarto, Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister—BrowningSonnet 43—Barret BrowningRemember, Up-hill, Echo, Promises like Pie-Crust, Lord thou thyself art love,—C.G. RossettiSudden Light, The House of Life, Soul’s Beauty—D.G. RossettiThe New Colossus–LazarusSecond Coming, Sailing to Byzantium, When you are Old, Lake Island of Inishfree—YeatsDo Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night—ThomasWork—Angela MorganThe Highwayman–NoyesCasey at Bat—ThayerJabberwocy, Walrus and the Carpenter, The Hunting of the Snark–CarrollDream Deferred, I too sing America– HughesThe Road Not Taken, Birches, Mending Wall, Fire and Ice, Out, Out��Frost

Short StoriesWilde (The Carterville ghost , The model millionaire , The nightingale and the rose )Poe (Masque of the Red Death . Tell tale heart , Cask of Amontillado , Fall of the house if of usher , The Purloined Letter ,The Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherazade , Pit and the Pendulum , Mertzengerstein , The Duc De L’omlette , The black cat , The Murders of the Rue Morgue , Van Kempelen and his discovery , Mesmeric revelation )Hawthorne (My Kinsman Major Molineux , Young Goodman Brown , Rappacini’s Daughter , Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment , The Snow Image , The Minister’s Black Veil , The Maypole of Merry Mount , The Celestial Railroad , Sister Years , The New Adam and Eve , The Artist of the Beautiful )O. Henry ( Lickpenny Lover , The Gift of the Magi ,After Twenty Years , The Last Leaf , The Cop and the Anthem , The Clarion Call , The Skylight Room , The Buyer from Cactus City , The Duplicity of the Hargraves , The Furnished Room , Witches loaves , The Third Ingredient , Spring time a la Carte , The Green Door , By Courier, The Romance of the Busy Broker, One Thousand Dollars, Tobin’s Palm)Lovecraft—(The Cats of Ultar , The Outsider , Beyond the wall of sleep , Hypnos , The call of Cuthulu , Dunwich horror , Dagon)EM Forrester (The Other side of the Hedge , The Machine Stops )Edith Wharton –The fullness of life Collins–Mr. Lismore and the Widow Bradbury—Exiles, Sound of thunderHans Christian Anderson –( In a thousand years , Little mermaid )Ambrose Bierce–Occurrence at owl creek bridgeConnell–The most dangerous game Thousand and One nights–Aladdin and his magic lamp The necklace by Maupassant Anthony Hope–The Philosophy in the Apple Orchard Doyle (The Red Headed League , Scandal in Bohemia)Gilman–The Yellow Wallpaper Harrison Bergeron by VonnegutThe story of an hour by Kate Chopin The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Rikki tiki tavi by KiplingThe ones who walk away from Omelas by Le Guin Bartley the scrivener by MelvilleThe lady or the tiger by Frank Stockton Abbot–FlatlandJericho Road by Henry van dyke Henlein– (The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, All you zombies, By his bootstraps, Waldo, Beyond this horizon)Philip K. Dick (We can remember it for you wholesale, Paycheck, Second Variety, The Minority Report, The Golden Man, Variable Man)William Faulkner (A Rose for Emily, The Tall Men, Shingles for the Lord, Shall not Perish, Elly, Uncle Willy, That will be Fine, That Evening Sun, Red Leaves, A Justice, A Courtship, Lo!, Ad Astra, All the Dead Pilots, Wash, Mountain Victory, Beyond)Mark Twain (The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, Diary of Adam and Eve)Washington Irving (Sleepy Hollow, , The Devil and Tom Walker )Gelett Burgess–The number Thirteen , The MacDougal street affair Lord Dunsany– The bureau d’exchange de Maux , The Exiles club , The Sword of Walleran The mortal immortal byMary Shelly The Adventure of the Snowing Globe By F. AnsteyThe Sleeper and Spindle by GaimanMark Helprin (Katherine comes to yellow sky, Ellis island, Tamar)

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analyticallymindedarchive · 7 years

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“ i knew we’d be divided, undermined, kept in the dark, so i have been clawing for as much power as i can possibly grab to keep a modicum of control over any of this. ”

BASIC NAME: jemma lucy simmons. NICKNAMES: jem. CALLED: doctor, fitzsimmons, ma’am. s.a.d.i.s.t. ( special advisor to the director in science and technology ) AGE: 29 BIRTHDAY: september 11, 1987 SPECIES: human GENDER: cis female PRONOUNS: she, her, ma’am, doctor

FAMILY MOTHER: julia simmons, née thayer ❨ alive; living in sheffield, ill with unknown disease, historian with focus on ancient greece ❩ FATHER: thomas simmons ❨ alive; top level executive with roxxon corporation ❩ SIBLINGS: nick simmons ( older brother; alive, married with two children. lives in sheffield, pediatrician. ), miranda simmons ( older sister; alive, lives in london, lawyer ), audrey simmons ( younger sister; status verse dependent )

PHYSIAL ATTRIBUTES FACE CLAIM: elizabeth henstridge RACE/ETHNICITY: british, italian, german NATIONALITY: british HEIGHT: 5′4″ WEIGHT: 116 lbs BUILD: mesomorph HAIR: loosely curly and brown, reaches just past her shoulders. typically parted in the middle or to the right, worn down or pulled back into a ponytail FACIAL HAIR: none HAIR COLOR: brown EYE COLOR: brown SKIN COLOR: light, with lots of faint freckles all over her body DOMINANT HAND: right handed, but trained herself to use her left hand as well ANOMALIES: none. SCENT: blueberries, earl grey tea, the faintest trace of chemicals and the sterility of a pristine lab ACCENT: british (example here bc i’m too lazy to describe it exactly) PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: when she was young, she had severe scoliosis. she had a surgery to correct it, but due to the operation, she has limited flexibility in her back and also suffers from some back pains. LEARNING DISABILITIES: none. ALLERGIES: bullshit. also some pollen but it’s not bad, just some sneezing mostly. DISORDERS: ptsd (symptoms began in early 2014, diagnosed late 2016), anxiety, depression, survivor’s guilt, eating disorder FASHION: very practical, very professional, but it’s definitely feminine. blouses in nice materials, floral prints, blues, purples, deep pinks. there’s a certain quirkiness to it sometimes as well, with contrasting colors (in collars and shoes), patterns, cute socks, etc., but in recent years it’s a lot more understated. NERVOUS TICS: picking at her thumbs, fiddling with her hair, biting her lip, fidgeting, rubbing an old scar over her eyebrow, pacing, finishing other people’s sentences QUIRKS: constantly has a knife and a shiv with her, always has a stash of blueberries, watches horror movies on valentine’s day, talks to herself a lot, cannot stand total darkness, doesn’t like people touching her back/neck without her permission

LIFESTYLE RESIDES: in a s.h.i.e.l.d. dormitory on the playground. owns apartment in dc. BORN: ashburton, devon, england RAISED: sheffield, england VEHICLE: uses s.h.i.e.l.d. issue vehicles PHONE: originally an iphone that was severely updated and tinkered on by fitz. LAPTOP/COMPUTER: several, it comes with having an engineer who likes to constantly tinker and improve on tech and working for a government organization that likes to provide you with really nice equipment PETS: none, currently. previously, several cats, a dog, horses, any other animal her older brother drug in. would like to have a cat (or a husky). HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION: the best her father could afford. COLLEGE EDUCATION: oxford university — graduated by age 17 with two phds STUDIES: sciences (biochemistry, biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, some engineering), literature, some history and architechture, medical things CAREER: biochemist, s.h.i.e.l.d. agent TRAINED IN: science, marksmanship, self defense, medicine, survival, getting herself into real bad situations POLITICAL AFFILIATION: The Greater Good RELIGION: agnostic. after all she’s seen, she’s not going to rule it out, and her mum and brother’s strong faith did impact her a bit growing up BELIEFS: science, aliens, ghosts DRUGS: antidepressants SMOKES: nothing ALCOHOL: wine (prefers red over white), imported beers, whisky DIET: not particularly picky. she tends to lean on the healthier side, or tries to. after six months of malnourished living, she’s even less picky than she used to be, although actually getting her to eat is a very different story. ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: hetero-romantic SEXUAL ORIENTATION: graysexual MARTIAL STATUS: verse dependent CHILDREN: none, but would very much like to have them one day. AVAILABILITY: technically available, but she’s terrible at casual dating, not great at social cues, and slow to open up romantically, although she’s a hardcore romantic at heart. LOOKING FOR: intelligence, passion, sense of adventure, aesthetically pleasing is a bonus LANGUAGES: english, italian, french, american & british sign language, conversational german, spanish, some latin and greek PHOBIAS: failure, not being good enough, losing people, falling, the dark, drowning, deep water, bears, flocks of birds, suffocation HOBBIES: science, reading, watching movies/tv shows, listening to music, playing piano, cooking, stargazing, hiking TRAITS: analytical, protective, ambitious, hard-working, brilliant, optimistic, loyal, highly curious, eager to please, compassionate, self-sacrificing (sometimes to an extreme), guilt complex, borderline self destructive, competitive, determined, practical, perfectionist, sarcastic, clever, proper MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful good SOCIAL MEDIA: previously facebook, twitter, instagram. a period of a year and a half, two years without any, and now again has an instagram, facebook, and twitter (the latter two being rarely used except to keep up with people)

FAVOURITE LOCATION: it depends on the day, she likes calm, serene places where she can just be without stress or thinking too much SPORTS TEAM: none, really. she’ll watch football (soccer) with fitz, but doesn’t really have a favorite team GAME: mario kart tbh, or anything that lets her use her mind MUSIC: so much. she’s big in music, and likes a very wide variety of things. 60s-70s are a fave of hers, beatles, david bowie, ed sheeran, gabrielle aplin, some pink floyd, queen, taylor swift, rachel platten, rolling stones, reo speedwagon... biiiig mix. danceable and singable are big pluses tbh SHOWS: doctor who, mystery science theater 3000, buffy the vampire slayer, honestly just so many ok MOVIES: the princess bride, beauty and the beast, jurassic park, the lord of the rings, harry potter, the mummy (1&2, there was no 3rd movie), star wars RADIO STATION: she doesn’t really listen to the radio FOOD: italian, blueberries, grilled cheese BEVERAGE: tea, wine, occasionally cream soda COLOR: blues and purples

#✿┊you were made of galaxies with nebulae coursing through your blood and meteors in your eyes. ( headcanon. )#this took like forever to do oh man #i edited a few bits out too bc i'm lazy af and didn't feel like doing those part who o ps #this also got progressively less formal as i went along yikes #long post for ts

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 4 years

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“Sentence Of Death On Chatham Slayer,” Kingston Whig-Standard. March 4, 1930. Page 01. ---- Accomplices Turned King’s Evidence – Given Terms in Penitentiary --- CHATHAM, March 4. - Charles Cross, aged 20, of Windsor, Ont., was sentenced yesterday by Mr. Justice Jeffrey to be hanged on May 19 for the murder of John Labadie, night attendant at the Thayer gasoline station in Chatham.

Labadie was slain in a hold-up of the gasoline station on the night of September 22, last.

Cross and three accomplices were arrested and charged with the crime. The three accomplices were arrested and charged with the crime. The three accomplices, however, turned King’s Evidence and Cross was convicted. The charges against the other three were reduced to assault and robbery to which they pleaded guilty. Sentences were meted out to them as follows: John Evans, 18, 25 years in Portsmouth Penitentiary; Edward Rowell, 20, and John Sanders, 26, were each given fifteen years. All four are negroes.

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cuteamnesiacllection-blog · 6 years

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fairy tail

I can be weak, but you don’t realize how strong i can be when i know that my friends are in danger, i will reach out for my strength in my heart and take it, so i can Protect them. People cry, not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long. I was once weak, i was always afraid, i hidden my tears, but i kept on going, i kept on believing, i followed my heart, i found my courage, and I realized that if i hadn’t believed in myself, I wouldn’t have beome the person i am today. Never look at your life as something insignificant never forget those friends of yours that you loved. If it’s to protect our family, be it the kingdom or the entire world...we would make anyone our enemy thats what means to be FAIRYTAIL. Fear is not evil it tells you what your weakness is and once you know your weakness you can become stronger as well as kinder. Moving on doesn’t mean you forget things it just means you have to accept what happened and continue living. My fears make me stronger and kinder there’s no point to run away if it meant that you’d be alone i wont let the darkness take you i’ll show that there is hope my friends are the ones who gave me the strength to fight. All i need is the power to be able to protect my comrades. It doesn’t matter if you are a woman or a child i don’t go easy on any body who hurts my comrades. It doesn’t matter if i don’t become an s-class mage anymore and it doesn’t matter if i can’t tell my father how i feel i dont care about that i just want to protect my friends. I can petrify the mouths of those who insult FAIRY TAIL you know. The generations changed the span of 7 years allowed us to grow into TRUE dragon slayers the time of the old generation has ended. When people realize how lonely it is being on there own Thayer will become kind. All living things eventually die it’s unvoidable but as long as you remember it will live on in your heart forever. Brave like Natsu Kind like Lucy Strong like Erza Cool like Gray Happy like Happy. If they stand behind yoy give them protection if they stand beside you give them respect if they stand against you show no mercy. Where there’s a flame someone bound to get burned but just because it burns doesn’t mean you gonna die you gotta get up and try. The minute you think giving up, think of the reason why you held so long. I don’t want...to run away by myself because no matter what, I’d rather be together with everyone. Don’t think that you cant do it, dont think its impossible, you got to belive in your heart that the impossible things can be possible, just follow where your heart goes. There are times when you cant help but give up, there are times when you lose confidence in yoursel, but if you keep believing in yourself, you wont lose your confidence, you wont think about giving up, you will go out there and do what’s right. We fall when we are weak, but what we do next, shows that we still have our true strength locked within, waiting for you to get up. Don’t give up, the beginning is always the hardest, so lets keep on going til the very end.

#fairy tail

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