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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
William James
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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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If WE claim only reasonable probability, it will be as much as men who love the truth can ever at any given moment hope to have within their grasp.
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To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.
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