We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not. (Ellen Swallow Richards)

We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

Ellen Swallow Richards

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