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"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become"
- Brooke Foss Westcott
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Brooke Foss Westcott
between January 12, 1825 and July 27, 1901. He/she was a famous
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