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Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation by actual experience in the school of life by ceaseless alertness to learn from others by study of the activities of men who have made notable marks by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects by constant study of human nature.

Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation by actual experience in the school of life by ceaseless alertness to learn from others by study of the activities of men who have made notable marks by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects by constant study of human nature.

Approximate author period: c. 1917 AD · modern

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B.C. Forbes
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Approximate author period: c. 1917 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for B. C. Forbes: life dates 1880 to 1954. Wikidata Q718435, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718435 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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