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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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
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I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
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Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child
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