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The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.
Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Hoover
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: August 10
Died: 1964
Died: October 20
31St U.S. President
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Herbert Clark Hoover
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The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
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