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Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.

Margaret Fuller

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Margaret Fuller
Age: 40 †
Born: 1810
Born: May 23
Died: 1850
Died: July 19
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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