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Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.
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
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Margaretta Wade Campbell
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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... Love never forgets or if it does, it is an imperfect love, like the beautiful love of a dog, faithful and unreasoning.
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