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I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.
Fanny Fern
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Fanny Fern
Age: 61 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 9
Died: 1872
Died: October 10
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Portland
Maine
Sara Payson Willis Parton
Sara Payson Willis
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