The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not. (Maria Mitchell)

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

Maria Mitchell

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