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In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Age: 90 †
Born: 1867
Born: February 7
Died: 1957
Died: February 10
Autobiographer
Journalist
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Wisconsin
United States
Laura Ingalls
Lansford Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
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