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I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.

George Edward Woodberry

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George Edward Woodberry
Age: 74 †
Born: 1855
Born: May 12
Died: 1930
Died: January 2
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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
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