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The Ugly Duckling (1843)
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His own image... was no longer the reflection of a clumsy, dirty, gray bird, ugly and offensive. He himself was a swan! Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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I never dreamt I should find so much happiness when I was the ugly duckling!
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It doesn't matter about being born in a duckyard, as long as you're hatched from a swan's egg!
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His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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Born:
April 2, 1805
Died:
August 5, 1875
(aged 70)
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