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Quote by Walter Raleigh

“Youth is the opportunity to do something and to be somebody.”

Quote by Walter Raleigh

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Walter Raleigh was an English writer, explorer, soldier, and politician. He is renowned for his poetry, such as 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd', and his involvement in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony in North America. Raleigh served as a courtier to Elizabeth I and later became a favorite of King James I. more

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