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Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Emily Dickinson
Born: December 10, 1830
Died: May 15, 1886 (aged 55)
Bio: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted.
Known for:
- I'm Nobody! Who are you?
- Wild Nights: Selected Poems
- My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
Emily Dickinson Quotes