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Intellectual life requires for its expansion and manifestation the influences and assimilation of the interests and affections of others.

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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Laura Jane Addams
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