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Too famous, for his life was pure,
And man can ill another's fame endure.

— Robert Shelton Mackenzie

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Never does the heart of Woman throb with a softer and yet more embarrassing thought, then when the sudden consciousness is felt that she was born to love and to be loved. ... It is the first step into womanhood — a step that falls lightly, as if on flowers.

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