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James Bryant Conant (1893 - 1978)American educationalist and President of Harvard University.
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Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. |
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. |
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