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Give the young half a chance and they will create their own future, they will even create their own heaven and earth.

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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
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Even
Chance
Heaven
Half
Future
Earth
Young
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Youth

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