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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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Geologist
Journalist
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Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.
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