This I Believe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

This I believe : life lessons / edited by Dan Gediman with Mary Jo Gediman and John Gregory.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-118-07454-1 (cloth : alk. paper); ISBN 978-1-118-09740-3 (ebk);

ISBN 978-1-118-09742-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-09743-4 (ebk)

1. Life. 2. Conduct of life. I. Gediman, Dan. II. Gediman, Mary Jo. III. Gregory, John, 1964-

BD431.T287 2011

170′.44—dc23

2011024778