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“Life seems to be an experience in ascending and descending. You think you're beginning to live for a single aim - for self-development, or the discovery of cosmic truths - when all you're really doing is to move from place to place as if devoted primarily to real estate.”

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Margaret Caroline Anderson
Margaret Caroline Anderson

Margaret Caroline Anderson, born on November 24, 1886, and died on October 18, 1973, was an outstanding editor. She held a significant position in the literary world and made great contributions to the development of modernist literature through her role as the founder and editor of the renowned literary magazine 'The Little Review'. more

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