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A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
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