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Napoleon could never imagine that some people loved their country as much as he loved his own.
David McCullough
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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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David Gaub McCullough
David G. McCullough
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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
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Find something to do that you love because then the work itself is always the reward not the recompense. And if you love what you're doing you probably do better at it than doing something you don't love and therefore you'll be compensated appropriately.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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