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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

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James Allen
Age: 47 †
Born: 1864
Born: November 28
Died: 1912
Died: January 24
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