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Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Linguist
Orator
Peace Activist
Political Activist
Suffragette
Trade Unionist
Writer
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
Disappear
Places
Ignorance
Poverty
Light
Must
Prevail
Greed

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