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Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.

Ada Leverson

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Ada Leverson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1862
Born: October 10
Died: 1933
Died: August 30
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London
England
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