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A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
Margaret Deland
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Margaret Deland
Age: 87 †
Born: 1857
Born: February 23
Died: 1945
Died: January 13
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Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Margaretta Wade Campbell
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.
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What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.
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