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There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Men
Vigour
Emma
Chooses
Resolution
Duty
Thing
Always

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