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With A Valiant Heart, Nothing Is Impossible

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Back in 1955, the young Gilles Potvin peeked over the shoulder of a big-city newspaper reporter from Montreal. The reporter was covering the unprecedented crossing of lac St-Jean by Jacques Amyot. “Jacques Amyot just accomplished the impossible,” wrote the newsman. “You are wrong,” boldly blurted out Potvin. “What? Who are you?” asked the veteran newsman….

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