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No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

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
Really
Esteemed
Surpass
Greatly
Accomplished
Mets
Usually
Doe

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