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There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
Novelist
Nurse
Poet
Suffragette
Teacher
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
Silence
Shadow
Cricket
Living
Sacrifice
Shy
Sunshiny
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Sitting
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Chirping
Littles
Quiet
Corners
Beth
Little
Sweet
Till
Hearth
Many
Behinds
Sees
Vanishes
Life
Behind
Presence
Cheerfully
World
Needed
Leaving
Sacrifices

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