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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.
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I studied mind-cure, or metaphysical healing, which strikes at the root of disease; I went into hypnotism, mesmerism, and phreno-magnetism, and the od force-I don't suppose you know about the od which Reichenbach discovered.
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Funerals and weddings were commonplace, and nothing could have been so interesting to them as the coming of the end of the world... unless it had been a first-class circus.
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"It is a beautiful day," said Whittaker... "Yes, nice day," growled Adams, "but a weather-breeder."
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Sydney Smith
Edward Eggleston
Born:
December 10, 1837
Died:
September 3, 1902
(aged 64)
Bio:
Edward Eggleston was an American historian and novelist.
Known for:
A first book in American history (1889)
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1871)
The Mystery Of Metropolisville (1873)
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