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Pessimism is the affectation of youth, the reality of age.

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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
Affectation
Pessimism
Youth
Age
Reality

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... though not invariably the worst choice, war is always an obscene horror.
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The pathos of life is worse than the tragedy.
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