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Woman is perpetual revolution, and is that element in the world which continually destroys and recreates.

Charles Dudley Warner

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Charles Dudley Warner
Age: 71 †
Born: 1829
Born: September 12
Died: 1900
Died: October 20
Actor
Novelist
Writer
Hampshire County
Massachusetts
Rebellion
Perpetual
Element
Elements
Revolution
Woman
Recreates
World
Destroys
Continually

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