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To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.

Edward Everett Hale

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Edward Everett Hale
Age: 87 †
Born: 1822
Born: April 3
Died: 1909
Died: June 10
Author
Minister
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Theologian
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Looks
Lend
Optimism
Forward
Motivational
Hand
Hands
Back
Look
Borrowing

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