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Do you know there is always a barrier between me and any man or woman who does not like dogs?

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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
Woman
Doe
Always
Men
Barrier
Like
Barriers
Dogs
Dog
Friendship

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