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Character is a mark cut upon something, and this indelible mark determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
Orison Swett Marden
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Orison Swett Marden
Age: 75 †
Born: 1848
Born: June 11
Died: 1924
Died: March 10
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New Hampshire
United States
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