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Every one's abilities may be increased or strengthened by a kind of culture.
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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Jacob Abbott
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Born:
November 14, 1803
Died:
October 31, 1879
(aged 75)
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Jacob Abbott was an American writer of children's books.
Known for:
Rollo in Switzerland (1854)
History of Julius Caesar (1849)
Rollo on the Atlantic (1853)
Cleopatra (1879)
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