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I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.

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Kin Hubbard
Age: 62 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 1
Died: 1930
Died: December 26
Cartoonist
Humorist
Journalist
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Prosperity
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