In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our … - Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.

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