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I thought of my father's wisdom, as though it were buried in a box under a tree. As in the old song - a gold box with a silver pin. Some day I should be grown up, and I should dig up the box and turn the pin.
Mary Butts
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Mary Butts
Age: 46 †
Born: 1890
Born: December 13
Died: 1937
Died: March 5
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Mary Francis Butts
Mary Rodker
Mary Franeis Butts
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