"Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary."
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Beulah (ed. 1860), ch. 13
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Augusta Wilson
Augusta Jane Wilson (née Evans; May 8, 1835 – May 9, 1909), was an American author of Southern literature and a supporter of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Her books were banned by the American Library Association in 1881. She was the first woman to earn US$100,000 through her writing.
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