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Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Betty Smith

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Betty Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 15
Died: 1972
Died: January 17
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Brooklyn
New York
Elisabeth Lillian Wehner
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Forgiveness
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