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That was the worst of being poor, you couldn't give the right things in sickness.

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I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.

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The only natural human beings seem to be those who are making trouble.

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Ellen Glasgow

Ellen Glasgow
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Born: April 22, 1873
Died: November 21, 1945 (aged 72)
Bio: Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was an American novelist who portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South.
Known for:
  1. Barren Ground (1925)
  2. The sheltered life (1932)
  3. The romantic comedians (1926)
  4. Vein of iron (1935)
  5. The Deliverance (1904)
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