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Ever since man began to till the soil and learned not to eat the seed grain but to plant it and wait for the harvest, the postponement of gratification has been the basis of a higher standard of living and civilization.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- S I Hayakawa, (Jul 18 1906-1992), US scholar, university president, politician; He is best known for his popular writings on semantics and for his career as president of San Francisco State College.

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