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Love is woman's eternal spring and man's eternal fall. It is a game at which men must play against stacked cards, and without the slightest inkling of the trump.

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
Humorist
Journalist
Games
Inkling
Woman
Stacked
Fall
Slightest
Without
Cards
Play
Spring
Must
Eternal
Men
Game
Love
Trump

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