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envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.

Ada Leverson

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Ada Leverson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1862
Born: October 10
Died: 1933
Died: August 30
Novelist
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London
England
Ada Esther Leverson
Ada Beddington
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Talent
Getting
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Deserving
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Merit
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