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Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.

Sherwood Anderson

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Sherwood Anderson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1876
Born: September 13
Died: 1941
Died: March 8
Novelist
Writer
Buck Fever
Road
Strong
Anything
Venture
Courageous
Dare

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