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He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.
He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.
Approximate author period: c. 1866 AD · industrial
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- Robert Green Ingersoll
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- Approximate author period: c. 1866 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Robert Green Ingersoll, based on documented lifetime 1833 to 1899. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469882 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469882 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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