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Robert Christy, comp.  Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages.  1887.
 
Race
 
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.  Savage the bastard.
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It is better to be the first of one’s race than the last (meanest).  French.  2
The decay of a race is an inevitable necessity unless it lives in deserts and never mixes its blood.  Benjamin Disraeli.  3
 
 
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