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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
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