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"No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined"
- Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
between May 24, 1878 and October 5, 1969. He/she was a famous
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