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I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Age: 67 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1942
Died: April 24
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Prince Edward Island
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