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Some One Has Said That We Are Moving So Fast That When Plans Are Being Made To Perform Some Great Feat, These Plans Are Broken Into By A Youth Who Enters And Says, “i Have Done It."

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Some One Has Said

Elbert Hubbard

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Some One Has Said That We Are Moving So Fast That When Plans Are Being Made To Perform Some Great Feat, These Plans Are Broken Into By A Youth Who Enters And Says, “i Have Done It."

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