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The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

Maria Mitchell

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Maria Mitchell
Age: 70 †
Born: 1818
Born: August 1
Died: 1889
Died: June 28
Astronomer
Librarian
University Teacher
Nantucket Island
La polla
Life
Pretended
Industrious
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