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I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.

Sophie Swetchine

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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
Diarist
Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Childhood
Principles
Study
Simple
Back
Firsts
Oftener
First
Much
Lisp

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