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One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

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Anne Spencer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 6
Died: 1975
Died: July 12
Librarian
Poet
Writer
Henry County
Virginia
Annie Bethel Scales
Sadness
Ocean
Inspirational
Beautiful
Cannot
Sad
Collect
Shells
Beach

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