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Ellen Glasgow: A tragic irony...

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A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

Source: The Woman Within, ch. 16, 1954.
-- Ellen Glasgow, (Apr 22 1874-1945), US author; Her novels were studies in Southern life; won Pulitzer, 1942; works include Barren Ground and The Sheltered Life.


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