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What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Helen Adams Keller
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