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I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.

William Cobbett
Sweet, Children, Father
"The Autobiography of William Cobbett: The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament". Book by William Cobbett, 1933.
I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.