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To mourn was distressing, but to endeavor to mourn and fail was worse than distress.

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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
Distressing
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Distress
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Fail
Grief
Worse
Failing

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