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Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is better than none.

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Emily Post
Age: 87 †
Born: 1872
Born: October 27
Died: 1960
Died: September 25
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Emily Price
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Emily Bruce Price
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