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The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.

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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