Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather…

Eleanor Roosevelt
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Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). You Learn by Living, p.168, Westminster John Knox Press
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