In plain words
A life spent helping other people is a life well spent.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Answer to a question from Young Israel of Williamsburg's Youth journal, quoted in the New York Times (20 June 1932), p.17.
- Youth journal Q&A, reported in the New York Times
- 1932 · Princeton, NJ · Answering a young readers' journal's question
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