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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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The great Big Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was not in the least afraid.
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One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.
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The heroic man does not pose he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.
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