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The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
William J. H. Boetcker
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William J. H. Boetcker
Age: 88 †
Born: 1873
Born: January 1
Died: 1962
Died: January 1
William John Henry Boetcker
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