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True beauty of dress consists in its simplicity . . . What do these devotees of fashion gain? Only the satisfaction of being admired, like a butterfly.

Ellen G. White

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Ellen G. White
Age: 87 †
Born: 1827
Born: November 26
Died: 1915
Died: July 16
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Theologian
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Gorham
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Ellen Gould Harmon
Ellen Gould White
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