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There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or fail to do it.
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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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Born:
February 28, 1797
Died:
March 5, 1849
(aged 52)
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Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834.
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