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When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.

Frank Arthur Swinnerton

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Frank Arthur Swinnerton
Age: 98 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 12
Died: 1982
Died: November 6
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Inner and Outer London
Frank A. Swinnerton
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