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Poverty is the fundamental cause of most of the physical, moral and economic ills of humanity.

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
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Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
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Humanity
Economic
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Moral
Fundamentals
Physical
Poverty

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