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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

Amelia Barr

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Amelia Barr
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Silver Spring
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Amelia Barr
Amelia Edith Huddleston
Amelia E. Barr
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