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There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!

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Napoleon Hill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1883
Born: October 26
Died: 1970
Died: November 8
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Wise County
Virginia
Oliver Napoleon Hill
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