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Samuel Johnson
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, p.42
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, p.42

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