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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones not the birthdays the graduations the weddings not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory.
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones not the birthdays the graduations the weddings not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory.
Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
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- Susan B. Anthony
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- Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Susan B. Anthony: life dates 1820 to 1906. Wikidata Q192245, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192245 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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