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As you emphasize your life you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

As you emphasize your life you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

Approximate author period: c. 1864 AD · industrial

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Phillips Brooks
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Approximate author period: c. 1864 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Phillips Brooks: life dates 1835 to 1893. Wikidata Q974734, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974734 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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