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First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know) next I was a realist now I am a pessimist, and, by Jove! if things get much worse I'll become a humorist.

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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
Firsts
Pessimism
First
Fools
Much
Worse
Jove
Made
Early
Humorist
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Fool
Humorists
Born
Idealist
Next
Realist
Become
Pessimist

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