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The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

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Rebecca West
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 21
Died: 1983
Died: March 15
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Suffragette
Writer
London
England
Cicely Isabel Fairfield
Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield
May
Seem
Encouragement
Like
Success
Round
Ivy
World
Hope
Rounds
Bye
Opportunity
Educational
Farewell
Place
Kindness
Encouraging
Ends
Perspective
Goodbye
Also
Beginning
Positivity
Seems
Strength
Thoughtful

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