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Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.

Jane Addams

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Jane Addams
Age: 74 †
Born: 1860
Born: September 6
Died: 1935
Died: June 21
Autobiographer
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Peace Activist
Philosopher
Political Theorist
Social Critic
Social Reformer
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The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.
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Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.
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