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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
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père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
Deep
Friends
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Lost
Accompany
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Heart
Buried
Always
Thus
Ground
Hearts

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