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There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation - even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will do, for the rest - then one can let in anything one would like to read in the world.

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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