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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
A. C. Benson
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A. C. Benson
Age: 63 †
Born: 1862
Born: April 24
Died: 1925
Died: June 16
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Arthur Christopher Benson
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I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.
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