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Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
Novelist
Nurse
Poet
Suffragette
Teacher
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
Modesty
Modest
Finest
Charm
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Genius
Overlooked
Power
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Conceit
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