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The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
Philosopher
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Bloomington
Illinois
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We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
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The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.
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Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.
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