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Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
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Rockdale City
Fields
Imagination
Altruism
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Selfishness
Glasses
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