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The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature is all that a man brings with himself into the world; nurture is every influence without that affects him after his birth.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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February 16, 1822
Died:
January 17, 1911
(aged 88)
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