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Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

William Feather

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William Feather
Age: 91 †
Born: 1889
Born: August 25
Died: 1981
Died: January 7
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Writer
Jamestown
New York
Jobs
Hands
Ahead
Ambition
Sight
Loses
Hand

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