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Love: woman's eternal spring and man's eternal fall.

Helen Rowland

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
Humorist
Journalist
Spring
Eternal
Woman
Fall
Men
Love

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