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Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
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A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
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