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If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!
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The pictorial battlefield becomes a sea of mud mercifully veiled by the fog of war.
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Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!
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They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all.
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