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Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar International, 1991.
-- Philip Dormer Chesterfield, (Sep 22 1694-1773), English statesman, author; He typified the 18th-century gentleman; wrote Letters to His Son, 1774 as a guide to manners and worldly success.

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