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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

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Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.

Source: Amy March, in Little Women, pt. 2, ch. 16, 1869.
-- Louisa May Alcott, (Nov 29 1832-1888), US novelist; Her book Little Women, 1868, sold millions of copies.


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