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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
Edgar Guest
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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
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Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
Tact
December
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There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, there are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, the dangers that await to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, just take off your coat and go to it just start to sing as you tackle the thing that cannot be done, and you'll do it.
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