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Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world.

Olive Schreiner

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Olive Schreiner
Age: 65 †
Born: 1855
Born: March 24
Died: 1920
Died: December 11
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Writer
Cape of Good Hope
Olive Emily Albertina Schreiner
Ralph Iron
Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner
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World
Souls
Clean
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Marriage
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Least
Traffic
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Soul
Symbols
Without
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