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Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and fortune.

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a motivação do entusiasmo é algo precioso para o ser humano | Kallyne Romão

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I have a testimony this day in my conscience, before God, however the world rage.

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