Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence. ✨ George…

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Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence. ✨ George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). Writings: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts, p.479
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