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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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You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.
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Anne Gilchrist

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:
  1. LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST & WA
  2. ANNE GILCHRIST HER LIFE & WRIT
  3. Mary Lamb (1883)

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