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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

Approximate author period: c. 1853 AD · industrial

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Ulysses S. Grant
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Approximate author period: c. 1853 AD · industrial
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