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It is necessary, in this world, to be made of harder stuff than one's environment.

Aleister Crowley

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Aleister Crowley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1875
Born: October 12
Died: 1947
Died: December 1
Artist
Astrologer
Autobiographer
Chess Composer
Chess Player
Mountaineer
Novelist
Organizational Founder
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Poet
Writer
Leamington
Warwickshire
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Harder
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Stuff

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