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A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

William Lyon Phelps

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William Lyon Phelps
Age: 78 †
Born: 1865
Born: January 2
Died: 1943
Died: August 21
Author
Scientist
University Teacher
New Haven
Connecticut
Life
Horizon
Expands
Like
Base
Finer
View
Steadily
Becomes
Tower
Views
Ordered
Better
Halfway
Wells
Towers
Well
Climbing

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