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I used to think it was great to disregard happiness, to press on to a high goal, careless, disdainful of it. But now I see that there is nothing so great as to be capable of happiness...
Anne Gilchrist
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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
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Anne Gilchrist
Born:
1828
Died:
November 29, 1885
(aged 57)
Bio:
Anne Gilchrist, née Burrows, was an English writer, best known for her connection to American poet Walt Whitman.
Known for:
LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST & WA
ANNE GILCHRIST HER LIFE & WRIT
Mary Lamb (1883)
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