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Quote of the Day

I think that as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

“I think that as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., “In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire,” Memorial Day address, Keene, New Hampshire. (30 May 1884)