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The great thing is the start - to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer - and him for nothing.
Robert Collier
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Robert Collier
Age: 64 †
Born: 1885
Born: April 19
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
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St. Louis
Missouri
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