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Mediocrity is always in a rush but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

Amelia Barr

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Amelia Barr
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Silver Spring
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Amelia Edith Huddleston
Amelia E. Barr
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