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Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.

William Osler

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William Osler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1849
Born: July 12
Died: 1919
Died: December 29
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A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!
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