Quotemeal: Jan. 16th, 1961

Monday, January 16, 1961

"Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."
— John G. Lake

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Illustration of John G. Lake — "Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."

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