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Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch.

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Florence Nightingale
Age: 90 †
Born: 1820
Born: May 12
Died: 1910
Died: August 13
Nurse
Politician
Statistician
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Writer
Florence
Tuscany
Nightingale Florence
Lady with the Lamp
Angel of Crimea
Miss Smith
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Doe
Everything
Nothing
Sketchy
Thing
Sketch
World
Scarcely

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