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Entering the Columbia University chapel to make a baccalaureate address, Dr. James Rowland Angell of Yale had an inspiration when he saw the world "Push" on the door. Launching into his address on aggressiveness, he announced that one quality more than any other was necessary to success. His text, he said, came not from the Bible but was inscribed on the chapel door. The students, craning their necks, peered at the sign on the door. It read: "Pull."

National Reference Library (c. 1952)

 

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