“When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.”

— John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

The Pleasures of Life, vol. 1 (1887), ch. II: The Happiness of Duty

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British banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scienti… 1834–1913

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