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Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.

Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.
Robert Louis Stevenson ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1872 AD · industrial

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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Approximate author period: c. 1872 AD · industrial
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