Yet such persons are, without us, what the ideal of perfect… - Charles William Eliot

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Yet such persons are, without us, what the ideal of perfection is within us: models not for being imitated, but for being aimed at.

Charles William Eliot

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Charles William Eliot (March 20, 1834 – August 22, 1926) was an American academic who served as Harvard University's president from 1869 until 1909.

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