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If Any One Of Us Has Had An Ambition Higher Than That Of Making Money; A Motive Better Than That Of Expediency; A Faith Warmer Than That Of Reasoning; A Love Purer Than That Of The Self; He Has Been Slow To Express It; Still Slower To Urge It.

-Henry Adams

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If Any One Of Us Has Had

If Any One Of Us Has Had An Ambition Higher Than That Of Making Money; A Motive Better Than That Of Expediency; A Faith Warmer Than That Of Reasoning; A Love Purer Than That Of The Self; He Has Been Slow To Express It; Still Slower To Urge It.

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