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A country house is not the same as a house in a country and a hotel in the country is not the same as a hotel in a town but is it in a small town.
Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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