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Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan		Thursday Nov 20, 2025
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About Thomas Hughes

	Thomas Hughes
	Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 - March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861). Read More

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We all have to learn, in one way or another, that neither men nor boys get second chances in this world. We all get new chances to the end of our lives, but not second chances in the same set of circumstances; and the great difference between one person and another is how he takes hold and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him.

He never wants anything but whats right and fair; only when you come to settle whats right and fair, its everything that he wants and nothing that you want. And thats his idea of a compromise.

Blessed is the man who has the gift of making friends; for it is one of Gods best gifts. It involves many things, but above all the power of going out of ones own self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

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