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I\n                  may say, however, that Mr. Morley and I have\n                  discussed --and with considerable favor --the\n                  University of Virginia as a repository.\"]\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e[Notifies Cabell of \"a beautiful group of Cabell\n                  first editions\" given to the Library by Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eT. 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She was, in addition to her other\n                  talents, a shrewd business woman who made the very\n                  utmost of her resources. That is all I had meant to\n                  convey\"; he also expresses his joy that the \n                  Bibliographical Society of the University\n                  of Virginiais going to publish Mrs. \n                  Frances J. 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She was, in addition to her other\n                  talents, a shrewd business woman who made the very\n                  utmost of her resources. That is all I had meant to\n                  convey\"; he also expresses his joy that the \n                  Bibliographical Society of the University\n                  of Virginiais going to publish Mrs. \n                  Frances J. 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She was, in addition to her other\n                  talents, a shrewd business woman who made the very\n                  utmost of her resources. That is all I had meant to\n                  convey\"; he also expresses his joy that the \n                  Bibliographical Society of the University\n                  of Virginiais going to publish Mrs. \n                  Frances J. 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I\n                  may say, however, that Mr. Morley and I have\n                  discussed --and with considerable favor --the\n                  University of Virginia as a repository.\"]\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e[Notifies Cabell of \"a beautiful group of Cabell\n                  first editions\" given to the Library by Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eT. 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