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The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Age: 91 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 24
Died: 1969
Died: October 5
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Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.
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All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism.
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