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1874–1942

On Not Believing All You Hear

Alice Duer Miller

“Angel, or jewel, or princess, or queen, Tell me immediately, where have you been?” “I've been to ask all my slaves so devoted Why they against my enfranchisement voted.”

“Angel and princess, that action was wrong. Back to the kitchen, where angels belong.”

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