“Among the three or four million cradles now rocking in the l…”

“Among the three or four million cradles now rocking in the land are some which this nation would preserve for ages as sacred things, if we could know which ones they are.”

— Mark Twain

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Title: Wikiquote: Mark Twain
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Context

"To the Babies" (14 November 1879)

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Twain, Mark. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Mark Twain. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

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