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Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched.

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P. T. Barnum
Age: 80 †
Born: 1810
Born: July 5
Died: 1891
Died: April 7
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