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Adversity often hatches out the true nobility of character.
George Ade
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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
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Reporter
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Writer
Kentland
Indiana
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Nobility
Adversity
Often
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Character
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