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some people seem to graze like sheep in the placid pastures of their faith. Some of them were born there and never broke away ... Others, after some wandering, found shelter there and are quiet and content. They look with a bland mystification at the mavericks.

Marjorie Holmes

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Marjorie Holmes
Age: 92 †
Born: 1910
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: March 13
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