I saw men whom thirty years ...

I saw men whom thirty years had changed but slightly; but their wives had grown old. These were good women; it is very wearing to be good.
I saw men whom thirty years had changed but slightly; but their wives had grown old. These were good women; it is very wearing to be good.

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