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Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

Mary Parker Follett

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Mary Parker Follett
Age: 65 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 3
Died: 1933
Died: December 18
Businessperson
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Political Scientist
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Quincy
Massachusetts
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