Preface, p. iii.
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In the life of the individual, as in the more comprehensive life of the state, pretension is nothing and power is everything.
— Edwin Percy Whipple
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Edwin Percy Whipple" (Quotes, Success and Its Conditions (1871): Success and Its Conditions (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871))
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About Edwin Percy Whipple
Edwin Percy Whipple (March 8, 1819 – June 16, 1886) was a literary critic and essayist from Massachusetts.
About Edwin Percy Whipple
Edwin Percy Whipple (March 8, 1819 – June 16, 1886) was a literary critic and essayist from Massachusetts.
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