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He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels...

Submitted by Ken Watts on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 17:43

He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed, before the regular day's work began. His answer to every problem, every setback, was "I will work harder!"—which he had adopted as his personal motto.

George Orwell