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To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.
David Starr Jordan
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David Starr Jordan
Age: 80 †
Born: 1851
Born: January 19
Died: 1931
Died: September 19
Autobiographer
Botanist
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Gainesville
Wyoming County
D. S. Jordan
D.S.Jord.
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