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Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.

Source: Speech, 1875.
-- Frances Watkins Harper, (Sep 24 1825-1911), US poet; She was among the earliest U.S. black writers; wrote anti-slavery verse, 1850s-1860s; co-organized the National Association of Colored Women.

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