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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes: Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.
         

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.


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