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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: October 11
Died: 1962
Died: November 7
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Former First Lady Of The United States
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First Lady of the world
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