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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. James Russell Lowell		Tuesday Oct 13, 2026
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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity. Alcaeus

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	Alcaeus
	(fl. about 600 BC) Greek lyric poet, exiled, political enemies, invented the Alcaic meter.

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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.