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“I was a bad kid. I say this without pride but with a feeling that it is better to say it. I live with one great hope: to help kids who now stand where I stood as a boy. If what I have to say here helps even one of them avoid some of my own mistakes, or take heart from such triumphs as I have had, this book will serve its purpose.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 312d7760cedb72191affdea835dc8742beb850d7c2ae3c00468b3b7b65c33bfa
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