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Live truth instead of professing it.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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