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Henry James, 1843-1916

was a British (US -born) author

For the worst sign of all — as I must have it for you — is that you can't help me. That's when a woman pities.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

was an US essayist and poet

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens, 1812-1870

was an English novelist

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.