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Francis Herbert Hedge

"Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past."

Francis Herbert Hedge, British Philosopher
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"Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past."

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