I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is wo…

Frederick Douglass
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2016). The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches, p.338, Hackett Publishing
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value. ✨ Frederick Douglass (2016). The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches, p.338, Hackett Publishing

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