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It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything.
Phillips Brooks
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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
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