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If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less, he soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Even so, as the distance between myself and the hearthrug diminished, did I become aware that something was very wrong indeed.

Ethel Smyth

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Ethel Smyth
Age: 85 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
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