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Teach us almighty father, to consider this solemn truth, as we should do, that we may feel the importance of every day, and every hour as it passes.

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
Father
Solemn
Inspirational
Passes
Truth
Almighty
May
Hour
Feel
Consider
Feels
Importance
Every
Teach
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