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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
Wells
Driven
Southerners
Well
Shots
Southerner
Take
Pride
Intolerable
Something
Genius
Alchemy
Changed
Tolerate
Simply
Psychological
Away
Cannot
Shot

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