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'Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.'

'Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.'

'I hate publicity, and I have contrived to survive to be an old woman without it, except in the homey atmosphere of Agricultural Shows'

Born in South Kensington, London
Died in Sawrey, Cumbria
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