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When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Essayist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Human
Unpalatable
Humans
Singularly
Unkindness
Draught
Sour
Milk
Kindness
Turns

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