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Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty.
L. Frank Baum
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L. Frank Baum
Age: 62 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 15
Died: 1919
Died: May 6
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