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The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)

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Jun 14, 2012 07:45AM

“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.”
― Clara Barton, The Story of My Childhood

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“It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.”
― Clara Barton

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“While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them”
― Clara Barton

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“The surest test of discipline is it's absence.”
― Clara Barton

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