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Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.

Adrienne Clarkson

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Adrienne Clarkson
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: February 10
Autobiographer
Former Governor General Of Canada
Journalist
Musicologist
Novelist
Politician
Writer
colonial Hong Kong
Adrienne Louise Clarkson
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