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Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.
Esther Forbes
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Esther Forbes
Age: 76 †
Born: 1891
Born: June 28
Died: 1967
Died: August 12
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Novelist
Writer
Westboro
Massachusetts
Esther Louise Forbes
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Anyone
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Monkey
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