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Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Joseph B. Wirthlin
Age: 91 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 11
Died: 2008
Died: December 1
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