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Chance works for us when we are good captains.

George Meredith

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George Meredith
Age: 81 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 12
Died: 1909
Died: May 18
Novelist
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Portsmouth
England
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Chance
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Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
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The future not being born, my friend, we will abstain from baptizing it.
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