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It has been strange to me to return to life and to feel that I have any sympathy with human beings, after the long interval of quiet and indifference which succeeded my marriage.

Julia Ward Howe

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Julia Ward Howe
Age: 91 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 27
Died: 1910
Died: October 17
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New York City
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Mrs. Samuel Gridley Howe
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