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No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind. – Phillips Brooks

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Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in. – Phillips Brooks

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