It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

Voltaire
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  1. She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

  2. Let us work without reasoning, ' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.

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