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Men do their hardest work at the bottom of the ladder, not at the top.

William Feather

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William Feather
Age: 91 †
Born: 1889
Born: August 25
Died: 1981
Died: January 7
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Jamestown
New York
Hardest
Bottom
Work
Men
Ladder
Ladders

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