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A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

Lydia M. Child

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Lydia M. Child
Age: 78 †
Born: 1802
Born: January 1
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
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Journalist
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Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have.
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