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We are all motivated far more than we care to admit by characteristics inherited from our ancestors which individual experiences of childhood can modify, repress, or enhance, but cannot erase.

Agnes Meyer Driscoll

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Agnes Meyer Driscoll
Age: 82 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 24
Died: 1971
Died: September 16
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