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Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.
Margaret Fuller
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Margaret Fuller
Age: 40 †
Born: 1810
Born: May 23
Died: 1850
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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