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Quote by George Augustus Sala
We must yet eat, and drink, and sleep, and go into the world soliciting bread or favours.
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The speaker points to the unavoidable demands of ordinary life: eating, drinking, sleeping, and going out to seek bread or favours. Even when other concerns exist, people still depend on basic needs and on what they can obtain from the world or from others.
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- Victorian London (text of Sala’s *Twice Round the Clock*)
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- Official Statement
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