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It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

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Katherine Paterson
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 31
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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson
Caring
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Strength
Vision
Beauty
Back
World
Loaned
Leslie

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