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While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral and intellectual qualities of human beings-upon the spirit that animates mankind.

Mary Ritter Beard

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Mary Ritter Beard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 5
Died: 1958
Died: August 14
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