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Happiness is like the mountain summit. It is sometimes hidden by clouds, but we know it is there.

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
Mountain
Happiness
Sometimes
Like
Summit
Hidden
Clouds

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