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The humiliation of failure will be so much more than compensated by the safety in which it will leave me, that I ought to regard it as a consummation devoutly to be wished.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The humiliation of failure will be so much more than compensated by the safety in which it will leave me, that I ought…”
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Quincy believes that the potential humiliation of failure is outweighed by the safety it may provide.
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