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I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.
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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... some of the things floating about in the Well of Memory are not worth recording.
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When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.
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