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A good cause has to be careful of the company it keeps.
Rebecca West
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Rebecca West
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 21
Died: 1983
Died: March 15
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England
Cicely Isabel Fairfield
Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield
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