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What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not faith in new possibilities, and courage to advocate them?

Jane Addams

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Jane Addams
Age: 74 †
Born: 1860
Born: September 6
Died: 1935
Died: June 21
Autobiographer
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As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be.
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This dream that men shall cease to waste strength in competition and shall come to pool their powers of production is coming to pass all over the earth.
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Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
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