When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to… - John Lancaster Spalding

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When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life’s morning.

John Lancaster Spalding

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John Lancaster Spalding (June 2, 1840 – August 25, 1916) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908, a notable scholarly writer of the time and, a co-founder of The Catholic University of America.

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When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life’s morning. - John Lancaster Spalding

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