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We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily available resource for all of life is our public library system.

David McCullough

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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
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