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The French, perhaps more than any other nation, cherish the memory of their dead by ornamenting their places of sepulture with the finest flowers, often renewing the garlands and replacing such plants as decay with vigorous and costly ones.
Dorothea Dix
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"The French, perhaps more than any other nation, cherish the memory of their dead by ornamenting their places of sepulture with the finest flowers, often renewing the garlands and replacing such plants as decay with vigorous and costly ones."
— Dorothea Dix

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The French, perhaps more than any other nation, cherish the memory of their dead by ornamenting their places of sepulture with the finest flowers, often renewing the garlands and replacing such plants as decay with vigorous and costly ones. — Dorothea Dix

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Dorothea Dix was a Activist from United States (1802–1887).

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This quote is attributed to Dorothea Dix, a Activist from United States.
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Dorothea Dix lived from 1802 – 1887.