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If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could.But somehow… - Elizabeth Wordsworth
" "If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good,
The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could.But somehow, ’tis seldom or never The two hit it off as they should;
The good are so harsh to the clever, The clever so rude to the good!
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About Elizabeth Wordsworth
Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth DBE (22 June 1840 – 30 November 1932) was founding Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and she funded and founded St Hugh's College. She was also an author, occasionally writing under the name Grant Lloyd.
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Grant Lloyd
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Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth