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This is the sphinx of the hearthstone, the little god of domesticity, whose presence turns a house into a home.

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

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