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Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from its charm.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
Biographer
Essayist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Simplicity
Meet
Commented
Quality
Candor
Face
Charming
Faces
Charm
Cannot
Qualities
Much
Enthusiasm
Like
Escape

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