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... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?

Margaret Deland

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Margaret Deland
Age: 87 †
Born: 1857
Born: February 23
Died: 1945
Died: January 13
Author
Autobiographer
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Margaretta Wade Campbell
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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