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the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into 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
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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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the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental.
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