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It is not deeds or acts that last: it is the written record of those deeds and acts.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Illinois
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
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Live truth instead of professing it.
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If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost you can still call him vile names.
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