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We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all of us, that what we have done is little compared with what we might have accomplished, or may hereafter effect.

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
bovee
C. N. Bovee
Littles
Accomplished
May
Develop
Little
Effect
Hereafter
Might
Seeking
Repose
Done
Possibility
Compared
Much
Effects
Possibilities
Upon
Actual
True
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