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Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Charles Horton Cooley

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Charles Horton Cooley
Age: 64 †
Born: 1864
Born: August 17
Died: 1929
Died: May 27
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