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> [All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good veryinadequate to their aspirations. They do so much less than they want to do, andso much less than they, at the outset, expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child-2/all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-beyond-mere-selfish-aims-find-2/)

Lydia M Child

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## More by Lydia M Child

> [The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, duties, and pursuits of men and women. Women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child-2/the-nearer-society-approaches-to-divine-order-the-less-separation/)

Lydia M Child

> [All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good veryinadequate to their aspirations. They do so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child-2/all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-beyond-mere-selfish-aims-find-2/)

Lydia M Child

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