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Autobiography and memoir

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Margaret Fuller

1850

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Arrogance Intelligence

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Autobiography and memoir

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1850

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Margaret Fuller

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Fuller, Margaret. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Vol. 1, Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852, pt. 4.

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