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Every leader of a great revolution is a fanatic and a Jesuit.
Gertrude Atherton
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Gertrude Atherton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 14
Died: 1948
Died: June 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
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San Francisco County
California
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
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Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.
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The very commonplaces of life are components of its eternal mystery.
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Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth.
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