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You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

Fred Hollows

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Fred Hollows
Age: 63 †
Born: 1929
Born: April 9
Died: 1993
Died: February 10
Eye Surgeon
Ophthalmologist
Surgeon
Dunedin
New Zealand
Frederick Cossom Hollows
Frederick Hollows
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