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The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.
The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.
Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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- Francis W. Bourdillon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Letters of Junius. Letter xxxvii. City Address, and the King's Answer.
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