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Life cannot be administered by definite rules and regulations that wisdom to deal with a man's difficulties comes only through some knowledge of his life and habits as a whole.

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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Human Rights Activist
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