Salt of the Earth definitions

Salt of the earth

1) Exemplary one 2) Noble one 3) Noble sort 4) Superior people
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Salt of the Earth

(from the article `Wittlin, Józef`) The work that ensured Wittlin a place in Polish literature is Sól ziemi (1936; Salt of the Earth). The book is a tale of a `patient infantryman,` an ...
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