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# Francis Herbert Hedge

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##  Quotes by Francis Herbert Hedge

> [What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-herbert-hedge/what-we-need-most-is-not-so-much-to-realize-the-ideal-as-to-idealize/)

[Francis Herbert Hedge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-herbert-hedge/)

[Ideal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideal/)

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> [Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-herbert-hedge/every-man-is-his-own-ancestor-and-every-man-his-own-heir-he-devises/)

[Francis Herbert Hedge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-herbert-hedge/)

[Ancestor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancestor/)

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> [Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-herbert-hedge/talent-is-a-faculty-that-is-highly-developed-but-genius-commands-all/)

[Francis Herbert Hedge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-herbert-hedge/)

[Brainy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brainy/)

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> [Sympathy with nature is part of a good person's religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-herbert-hedge/sympathy-with-nature-is-part-of-a-good-person-s-religion/)

[Francis Herbert Hedge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-herbert-hedge/)

[Good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/)

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