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Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct - girls are to dwell in quiet homes among few friends, to exercise a noiseless influence.
Elizabeth Missing Sewell
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Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Age: 91 †
Born: 1815
Born: February 19
Died: 1906
Died: August 17
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Travel Writer
Newport
Isle of Wight
Elizabeth M. Sewell
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