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An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

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Gutenberg and Richter were very great men. ↗

— Frank Press

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Few great men would have got past personnel. ↗

— Paul Goodman

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Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season. All great men of letters have therefore been enthusiastic walkers. ↗

— Leslie Stephen

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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history. ↗

— John Moody

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