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I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where his original desire has reached such astounding proportions that the original object can no longer possibly appease it.

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

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Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Age: 85 †
Born: 1872
Born: September 22
Died: 1958
Died: June 4
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Mrs. Fordyce Coburn
Eleanor Hallowell Coburn
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