Life is action, the use of one's powers. As to use them to their height is our joy and duty, so it is the one end that justifies itself. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)

Life is action, the use of one's powers. As to use them to their height is our joy and duty, so it is the one end that justifies itself.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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