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The quote, "No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear," is a variation of the British proverb, "More good cannot be done for the nation than the nation is capable of bearing." The idea here is that we should not try to do more good than we can. If we try to do more good than we can at any given time, we will fail and face disappointment and possibly even great misfortune.
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