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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
A. R. Ammons
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A. R. Ammons
Age: 75 †
Born: 1926
Born: February 18
Died: 2001
Died: February 26
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University Teacher
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Whiteville
North Carolina
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