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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Great
Things
Fidelity
Daring
Simply
Small
True
Wells
Well

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