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Do nothing to merely interest, assume or attract. This is not your province. Do only that wins the people you are after in the cheapest possible way
Claude C. Hopkins
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Claude C. Hopkins
Age: 66 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 14
Died: 1932
Died: September 22
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If a claim is worth making, make it in the most impressive way.
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