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Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why?

Janet Erskine Stuart

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Janet Erskine Stuart
Age: 56 †
Born: 1857
Born: November 11
Died: 1914
Died: October 21
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Cottesmore
Rutland
Democracy
Another
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Poetry

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