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To serve thy generation, this thy fate: Written in water, swiftly fades thy name But he who loves his kind does, first and late, A work too late for fame.

Mary C. Ames

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Mary C. Ames
Age: 53 †
Born: 1831
Born: May 6
Died: 1884
Died: August 18
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