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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Age: 78 †
Born: 1890
Born: October 14
Died: 1969
Died: March 28
34Th U.S. President
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