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Quote by Joanna Baillie
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid an

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. – Joanna Baillie

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