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Let us remember there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings.

Russell Conwell

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Russell Conwell
Age: 82 †
Born: 1843
Born: September 15
Died: 1925
Died: December 6
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Russell H. Conwell
Russell Herman Conwell
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