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Christian Nestell Bovee

"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it."

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"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it."

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