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"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it."

― David Starr Jordan

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Born: 1851-01-19

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Address by Dr. David Starr Jordan, Chancellor of Leland Stanford, Jr., University

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Address by Dr. David Starr Jordan, Chancellor of Leland Stanford, Jr., University

Delivered November 13, 1914 : Part 1

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