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It would be the most crucial day of the entire war.
David McCullough
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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.
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Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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