Tragedy is the common lot of man. 'So many people have lost… - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Tragedy is the common lot of man. 'So many people have lost children' I remind myself. pp 178-179
This tragedy is such an inextricable part of my story that it cannot be left out of an honest record. Suffering - no matter how multiplied - is always individual. p 179

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters, 1929-1932 · March 12, 1993 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh (22 June 1906 – 7 February 2001), born Anne Spencer Morrow, was a pioneering American aviator, and the wife of Charles Lindbergh

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Birth Name: Anne Spencer Morrow

Alternative Names: Anne Lindbergh • Anne Morrow • Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh • Anne Spencer Lindbergh

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