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I believe that mediocrity is self-inflicted and that genius is self-bestowed.

Walter Russell

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Walter Russell
Age: 91 †
Born: 1871
Born: May 19
Died: 1963
Died: May 19
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Painter
Philosopher
Physicist
Sculptor
Boston
Massachusetts
Walter Bowman Russell
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Inflicted
Mediocrity
Genius
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