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Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, fl. 1958 [God wants a different thing from each of us...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.156 Author/Creator: Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, fl. 1958 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: circa 1958 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 14.6 cm Order a Copy

Kennedy writes a sentiment: "God wants a different thing from each of us, laborious or easy, conspicuous or quite private, but something which only we can do and for which we were created."

Kennedy, Rose F., 1890-1995

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