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I detect more good than evil in humanity. Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, And men grow better as the world grows old.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Age: 68 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 5
Died: 1919
Died: October 30
Author
Poet
Writer
Janesville
Wisconsin
Good
Grow
Men
Humanity
Love
Fire
Life
Grows
World
Evil
Extinguishes
Hate
Detect
Light
Fires
Better
Lights

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