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John W. Foster [1836-1917] American
Rank: 108
Soldier, Former United States Secretary of State


John Watson Foster was an American diplomat and military officer, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His highest public office was U.S. 


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One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
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The here-and-now is no mere filling of time, but a filling of time with God.
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A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.
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The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.
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Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?
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