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The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.
Gertrude Atherton
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Gertrude Atherton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 14
Died: 1948
Died: June 14
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San Francisco County
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Gertrude Franklin Atherton
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Frank Lin
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.
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