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Horatio Alger

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About Horatio Alger

Horatio Alger Jr. was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States from 1868 through to his death in 1899.

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Topics: Happiness History
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No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.