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Nay, never falter; no great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty. No good is certain but the steadfast mind, The undivided will to seek the good.

Nay, never falter; no great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty. No good is certain but the steadfast mind, The undivided will to seek the good.

Approximate author period: c. 1849 AD · industrial

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George Eliot
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Approximate author period: c. 1849 AD · industrial
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Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)

Complete signed selection 501; printed byline: George Eliot; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901

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