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> [All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-the-great/all-the-youth-now-in-england-of-free-men-who-are-rich-enough-to-be/)

[Alfred the Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-the-great/)

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> [I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-had-neither-kith-nor-kin-in-england-and-was-therefore-as-free-as/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [I'd rather that England should be free than that England should be compulsorily sober. With freedom we might in the end attain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-magee/i-d-rather-that-england-should-be-free-than-that-england-should-be/)

[William Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-magee/)

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> [It would be better that England should be free than that England should be compulsorily sober.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-would-be-better-that-england-should-be-free-than-that-england/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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