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> [In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/in-a-free-country-it-is-the-duty-of-writers-to-pay-no-attention-to/)

[E. B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white/)

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> [Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion and worry about what we ought to do, and how to do it, as our unwillingness to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/attention-is-our-first-duty-whenever-we-want-to-know-what-is-our/)

[Henry Clay Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay-trumbull/)

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