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I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.

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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
Believe
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Men
Accepting
Responsibility
Whatever
Free
Doe
Pleases
Anything
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