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Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

William Osler

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William Osler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1849
Born: July 12
Died: 1919
Died: December 29
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Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.
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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
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