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Talent does things tolerably well genius does then intolerably better
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
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Give us a religion that will help us to live - we can die without assistance.
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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
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Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.
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Unleash your TRAVEL BEAST .... explore the world. It's time to begin your next adventure! No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.
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