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As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Painter
Philosopher
Writer
Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
Prudence
Confidence
Capacity
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Inspirational

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