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A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
Biographer
Essayist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mad
Cat
Generally
Chiefly
Gets
Kitten
Whatever
Rushing
Nothing
Pet
Like
Stopping
Remarkable

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