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A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
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Olive Green
Myrtle Reed MacCollough
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It all depends on the way you look at it. The point of view is everything in this world.
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Revolution is obstructed evolution.
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The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.
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Gossip is the social mosquito.
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It saves trouble to be conventional, for you're not always explaining things.
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