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There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount to little.

Grenville Kleiser

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Grenville Kleiser
Age: 67 †
Born: 1868
Born: January 1
Died: 1935
Died: January 1
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