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I am 'too fiery'... yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything.

Margaret Fuller

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Margaret Fuller
Age: 40 †
Born: 1810
Born: May 23
Died: 1850
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
Critic
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
Philosopher
Reporter
Translator
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Sarah Margaret Fuller
Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Would
Fiery
Lose
Loses
Seen
Rather
Wish
Away
Soften
Anything
Heartless

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