Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
William Samuel JohnsonAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 7, 1727
- Died: November 14, 1819
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