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Biographies are like anthologies, especially anthologies of poetry. One's eyes are magnetically directed to what ought to be there but isn't, as well as to what oughtn't to be there but is.
Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
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Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks
Born:
July 25, 1891
Died:
July 6, 1975
(aged 83)
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Mary Danvers Stocks, Baroness Stocks was a British writer. She was closely associated with the Strachey, the Wedgwood and the Ricardo families.
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