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James A. Garfield

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A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
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"Elements of Success," Speech at Spencerian Business College, Washington, D.C. (29 July 1869); in President Garfield and Education : Hiram College Memorial (1881) by B. A. Hinsdale, p. 326

 
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