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Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

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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
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Cannot
Back
Assertions
Nothing
Unwillingness
Done
Assertion
Thing
Ninety
Nine
Hundred

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