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Edith Hamilton was a 19th-century American teacher and writer. Edith Hamilton was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Work — The value of effort, discipline, and meaningful labour

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