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The human race may be divided into people who love cats and people who hate them the neutrals being few in numbers, and, for intellectual and moral reasons, not worth considering.

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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