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The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

Rachel Field

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Rachel Field
Age: 47 †
Born: 1894
Born: September 19
Died: 1942
Died: March 15
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Cage
Cages
Frightening
Caught
Bird
Sight
Experience

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