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I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.
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
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A. M. Barnard
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