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Index_card_top “What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.”
 
Wendell Phillips  (1811-1884);
slavery abolitionist
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Brice 3 months ago from Dayton
Some people don't want to compete to get defeated ...they feel if someone's better its a waste of time when it's really a lesson...