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In very truth it is the unattained which gives zest to the commonplace and brims the cup of our daily life with keenest joy.

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

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Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Age: 73 †
Born: 1838
Born: February 22
Died: 1912
Died: January 1
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New Rochelle
New York
Margaret Elizabeth Munson
Aunt Marjorie
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