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Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy...If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away or shot they will not only tolerate it but take pride in it as well.

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
Changed
Alchemy
Simply
Tolerate
Away
Psychological
Cannot
Shot
Wells
Driven
Well
Shots
Southerners
Take
Pride
Southerner
Something
Genius
Intolerable

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