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The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

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Ellen Glasgow
Age: 71 †
Born: 1874
Born: April 22
Died: 1945
Died: November 21
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Suffragette
Writer
Richmond
Virginia
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Humor
Senility
Differences
Ruts
Change
Stressed
Grave
Dimensions
Graves
Stress
Difference

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