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T Is Not In Mortals To Command Success, But We 'll Do More, Sempronius,--we 'll Deserve It.
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'T is not in mortals to command success,
But we 'll do more, Sempronius,--we 'll deserve it.
-- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
-- Cato, Act i, Sc. 2
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