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NECESSITY

Otto Schneider etching
Etching from life by Otto Schneider.
Image courtesy of the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
- Roughing It

Necessity knows no law.
- The Innocents Abroad

All men know that few things that are done from necessity have much fascination about them.
- Letter to Olivia Clemens, 1/24/1869

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