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“I owe a quenchless debt to him who bade me seize my fate And hang it on the faith that I to it was adequate For when he said -you're on your own- and sauntered on away I knew that here, in four short words, was youth-s first judgment day Not wit to learn, not test of skill, not pride to satisfy, But will to walk down life in faith that life is theirs who try.”

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Gill Robb Wilson
Gill Robb Wilson

Gill Robb Wilson was a mysterious figure whose profession and category remain unknown. He was born on September 18, 1892, and passed away on September 8, 1966. more

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