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A letter is a risky thing the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.
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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gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.
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conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.
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