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The word no denotes a shutting of the door. It means failure, defeat, delay. But spell in backwards and take new hope, for backwards it spells on.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 95 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 31
Died: 1993
Died: December 24
Author
Psychologist
Writer
Mean
Defeat
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Failure
Denotes
Doors
Shutting
Word
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Hope
Delay
Means
Spells
Take
Backwards

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