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...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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