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When a woman feels the first grip of her child's dependence upon her, she has forever lost her freedom. If the child dies, a grave shackles her soul through life. If the child lives, the welfare of that child keeps perpetually between her and the sun.

Alice Moore Hubbard

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Alice Moore Hubbard
Age: 53 †
Born: 1861
Born: June 7
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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