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Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

Robert Collier

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Robert Collier
Age: 64 †
Born: 1885
Born: April 19
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
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