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“We in this small Island have to make a supreme effort to maintain our place and status, the place and status to which our undying genius entitles us.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- fbd76f75b56caa3b2f0b33f187b68be9569e715f174c3fe903daaa020f4ae8fc
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