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The man whose acquisitions stick is the man who is always achieving and advancing whilst his neighbors, spending most of their time in relearning what they once knew but have forgotten, simply hold their own.

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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