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Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, - it is greatness itself.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
Poet
New York City
New York
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C. N. Bovee
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Toward
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Honesty
Greatness

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