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It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.

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Ellen Glasgow
Age: 71 †
Born: 1874
Born: April 22
Died: 1945
Died: November 21
Essayist
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Suffragette
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Richmond
Virginia
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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