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Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.
William Arthur Ward
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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
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Louisiana
United States
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