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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Good
Restored
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Lectures
Teaching
Humor
Opportunity

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I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family. Very boring, Emerson.
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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody
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