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If history in the making be a fluid thing, it swiftly crystallizes.

Agnes Repplier

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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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History
Thing
Crystallizes
Swiftly
Fluid

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English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
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