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Every day travels toward death the last only arrives at it.

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Time
Arrives
Travels
Toward
Lasts
Last
Death
Every

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I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.
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