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When Lacordaire, the most renowned of Roman Catholic orators, was complimented upon being the first preacher in France, he replied, "No; I am the second; Adolphe Monod is the first."

(J. A. James.)Frederick the Great once sent a sword to George Washington with the inscription, "From the oldest soldier to the greatest."

(H. O. Mackay.)

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KJV: Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

WEB: doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;