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Changes ain't totally pleasant but they're excellent things... Two years is about long enough for things to stay exactly the same. If they stayed put any longer they might grow mossy.

Changes ain't totally pleasant but they're excellent things... Two years is about long enough for things to stay exactly the same. If they stayed put any longer they might grow mossy.

Approximate author period: c. 1896 AD · industrial

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L.M. Montgomery
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Approximate author period: c. 1896 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Lucy Maud Montgomery: documented activity in 1896. Wikidata Q273034, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273034 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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