Mary Johnston
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"Mary Johnston" was an American novelist and Feminism/women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels.

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It's time to do something. The decision has been made. Let's go forward. I'm one of those firm believers that if you don't like it, run for school board or shut your mouth.

We don't consider this self-service. We're doing this to increase accuracy.

The tobacco-roller and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood.

The work of the day being over, I say down upon my doorstep, pipe in hand, to rest awhile in the cool of the evening.

You can see the progression of the little bitty ones to the older dancers.

The valley lay like a ribbon thrown into the midst of the encompassing hills. The grass which grew there was soft and fine and abundant; the trees which sprang from its dark, rich mould were tall and great of girth. A bright stream flashed through it, and the sunshine fell warm upon the grass and changed the tassels of the maize into golden plumes.