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Success treads on the heels of every right effort and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost deifying it, as is sometimes done, still in any worthy pursuit it is meritorious.

Samuel Smiles

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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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Haddington
East Lothian
Right
Effort
Sometimes
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Treads
Though
Overestimate
Success
Heels
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Still
Pursuit
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