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Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.

Myrtle Reed

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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Olive Green
Myrtle Reed MacCollough
Youth
Shield
Fight
Shields
Asks
Battles
Greater
Adolescence
Fighting
Mistaken
Come
Privilege
Years
Kindness
Battle
Weakens

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