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even down to the present. It made a problem novel of a kind. But when the publishers arranged for an
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The novel tells the story of the "Montford" family who settled in
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planted deep in our soil. Forgotten by the present generation, these people and their type, have left their own enduring mark upon the spiritual and material characteristics of our country."
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