“A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes that he is no longer indispensable.”

— Richard Evelyn Byrd

Source: Alone (1938), Ch. 12, last lines of the book.

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Medal of Honor recipient and United States Navy officer 1888–1957

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