Her mother was a Rutherford. ...

Her mother was a Rutherford. The family came over in the ark, and were connected by marriage with Henry the VIII. On her father's side they date back further than Adam. On the topmost branches of her family tree there's a superior breed of monkeys with very fine silky hair and extra long tails.
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 Jean Webster

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I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding.
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I believe absolutely in my own free will and my own power to accomplish - and that is the belief that moves mountains.
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She never lets ideas interrupt the easy flow of her conversation.
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